GIS Dictionary

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metadata element

[data transfer] A unit of information within metadata, used to describe a particular characteristic of the data.

Metadata Explorer

[ESRI software] A Web application, developed using the ArcIMS Java Connector, that can be used to view metadata included in

metadata profile

[standards] A modification of an existing metadata standard to adapt to data issues, cultural issues, or both. A profile is

metadata server

[ESRI software] A public ArcIMS virtual server that provides the capability to manage and search a central metadata repository. Data

metadata service

[ESRI software] A service that uses the spatial server metadata capabilities, allowing users to publish and share metadata documents over

metes and bounds

A surveying method in which the limits of a parcel are identified as relative distances and bearings from landmarks. Metes

method

[programming] In object-oriented programming, an action that an object is capable of performing. Objects that belong to the same class

metropolitan statistical area

[federal government] A geographic entity defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for use by federal statistical agencies,

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