GIS Dictionary

The study of the nature and origin of landforms, including relationships to underlying structures and processes of formation.

[analysisgeoprocessing] A GIS operation used to manipulate GIS data. A typical geoprocessing operation takes an input dataset, performs an operation

[ESRI software] A computer in a network that is used to handle geoprocessing tasks. Geoprocessing servers may use UNIX or

[ESRI software] Any settings that affect working with or running tools. Geoprocessing settings include the state of the ArcToolbox window,

[ESRI software] An ArcGIS tool that can create or modify spatial data, including analysis functions (overlay, buffer, slope), data management

[ESRI software] An ArcView Geocoding Windows dynamic link library (DLL) for use on ArcView 3.x. It exposes additional geocoding requests

[data editing] The digital alignment of a satellite or aerial image with a map of the same area. In georectification,

[coordinate systems] Aligning geographic data to a known coordinate system so it can be viewed, queried, and analyzed with other

[data models] A geographic data model that represents geographic features as an interrelated set of spatial and attribute data. The

[data models] A geographic data model that represents geographic features as an interrelated set of spatial and attribute data. The

[Internet] Acronym for Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds. Metadata for RSS documents that describes the location of Web content.