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managed raster catalog

[data structures] A raster catalog in which the raster datasets are copied to a location assigned by a geodatabase. When […]

many-to-many relationship

[database structures] An association between two linked or joined tables in which one record in the first table may correspond

many-to-one relationship

[database structures] An association between two linked or joined tables in which many records in the first table may correspond

map

1 [cartography] A graphic representation of the spatial relationships of entities within an area. 2 [cartography] Any graphical representation of

map algebra

[data analysis] A language that defines a syntax for combining map themes by applying mathematical operations and analytical functions to

map annotation

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS, text or graphics stored within the map data frame in an annotation group. Map annotation may

map cache

[ESRI software] A setting used in ArcMap that allows temporary storage of geodatabase or ArcIMS feature service features from a

map configuration file

In ArcIMS, the file that contains the core site information. ArcIMS configuration files contain all the basic information about the

map display

[graphics map display] A graphic representation of a map on a computer screen.

map document

[cartography] In ArcMap, the file that contains one map, its layout, and its associated layers, tables, charts, and reports. Map

map element

[map design] In digital cartography, a distinctly identifiable graphic or object in the map or page layout. For example, a

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