GIS Dictionary

[cartography] A representation of a real-world object on a map.

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS, a collection of geographic features with the same geometry type (such as point, line, or polygon), the same attributes, and the same spatial reference. Feature classes … Read more

[ESRI software] Data that represents geographic features as geometric shapes.

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS, a collection of feature classes stored together that share the same spatial reference; that is, they share a coordinate system, and their features fall within a … Read more

[graphics map display] The movement of features that would otherwise overprint or conflict with other features. For example, if a river, a road, and a railway run through a narrow … Read more

[digital image processing] In image processing, a method of pattern recognition in which patterns within an image are measured and then classified as features based on those measurements.

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

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

[ESRI software] The process of delivering vector feature data defined for a service that uses the feature server component. On the client side, feature streaming allows you to access a … Read more

[ESRI software] A collection of default settings for creating a feature, including the layer where the feature will be stored, the attributes the feature will have, and the default tool … Read more

[ESRI software] In ArcMap, a ranking system that indicates whether features from a given feature class may be covered by a label in cases where the label cannot be placed … Read more

[ESRI software] Annotation that is stored in the geodatabase with links to features through a geodatabase relationship class. Feature-linked annotation reflects the current state of features in the geodatabase: it … Read more