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feature extraction

[digital image processing] In image processing, a method of pattern recognition in which patterns within an image are measured and […]

feature layer

[data analysis] A layer that references a set of feature data. Feature data represents geographic entities as points, lines, and

feature server

[ESRI software] A public ArcIMS virtual server for feature services.

feature streaming

[ESRI software] The process of delivering vector feature data defined for a service that uses the feature server component. On

feature template

[ESRI software] A collection of default settings for creating a feature, including the layer where the feature will be stored,

feature weight

[ESRI software] In ArcMap, a ranking system that indicates whether features from a given feature class may be covered by

feature-linked annotation

[ESRI software] Annotation that is stored in the geodatabase with links to features through a geodatabase relationship class. Feature-linked annotation

FGDC

[organizational issues] Acronym for Federal Geographic Data Committee. An organization established by the United States Federal Office of Management and

field

1 [database structures] A column in a table that stores the values for a single attribute. 2 [computing] The place

field mapping

[analysisgeoprocessing] In geoprocessing, defining the field structure and content for an output dataset.

field precision

[ESRI software] The number of digits that can be stored in a field in a table.

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