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hole

[data quality] A small gap in a raster line feature, usually considered to be an error caused by the poor […]

honor

[network analysis] In network datasets, a type of junction connectivity policy in which junctions connect to other junctions based on

horizon

1 [navigation] The apparent or visible junction of land and sky. 2 [astronomy] The horizontal plane tangent to the earth’s

horizon circle

The circle containing all points equidistant from the center of an azimuthal projection.

horizontal angle

[navigation] The angle formed by the intersection of two lines in a horizontal plane.

horizontal control

A network of known horizontal geographic positions, referenced to geographic parallels and meridians or to other lines of orientation such

horizontal geodetic datum

[geodesy] A geodetic datum for any extensive measurement system of positions, usually expressed as latitude-longitude coordinates, on the earth’s surface.

host

1 [computing] In a computer network, the computer that contains data being accessed by other computers. 2 [computing] A computer

hot link

[ESRI software] In ArcView 3.x, a tool for associating external files with a feature in a view. When a user

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