GIS Dictionary

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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.

field scale

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

field view

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

file

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

file geodatabase

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

file name

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

file name extension

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

fill

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

fill symbol

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

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