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MapServer

[ESRI software] An ArcGIS Server software component that provides programmatic access to the contents of a map document on disk […]

MapTip

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS, a user-assistance component that displays an on-screen description of a map feature when the mouse is

market area

A geographic zone containing the people who are likely to purchase a firm’s goods or services.

marshalling

[programming] The process that enables communication between a client object and server object in different apartments of the same process,

mashup

[ESRI software] In Internet mapping, the combination of content from more than one data source into one dynamic map service.

mask

1 [cartography] In digital cartography, a means of covering or hiding features on a map to enhance cartographic representation. For

mass point

An irregularly distributed sample point, with an x-, y-, and z-value, used to build a triangulated irregular network (TIN). Ideally,

master checkout version

[database structures] In ArcGIS 9.1 and previous versions, the data version in the master geodatabase, created when data is checked

master geodatabase

[database structures] In ArcGIS 9.1 and previous versions, a geodatabase from which data has been checked out.

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