GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] The number of decimal places for float or double-type geodatabase table fields.

[cognition] A philosophical view of geographic space in which space is completely filled by occurrences of phenomena, and in which

[computing] A collection of uniquely named information stored on a drive, disk, or tape. A file generally resides within a

[database structures] A geodatabase stored as a folder of files. A file geodatabase can be used simultaneously by several users,

[computing] The name that distinguishes a file from all other files in a particular directory. It can refer to the

[computing] The abbreviation following the final period in a file name that indicates the file’s format, such as .shp, .zip,

1 [map display] The interior of a polygon; the area inside the perimeter. 2 [ESRI software] In MOLE, the graphic

[symbology] A color or pattern used to fill polygons on a map.

[data analysis] A segment of a circle used to connect two intersecting lines. Fillets are used to create smoothly curving

1 [spatial analysis] On a raster, an analysis boundary or processing window within which cell values affect calculations and outside

[data analysis] A process that seeks out new market areas based on the characteristics of an existing market area.