GIS Dictionary

[spatial statistics use for geostatistics] A value quantifying the uncertainty of a prediction; mathematically, the square-root of the prediction variance. […]

[software] User-specified settings that determine how an application will act or appear when it is used.

[ESRI software] Used within the Survey Analyst Survey Explorer’s Point Identifier field to separate the prefix and point name strings.

[ESRI software] In coverages, refers to incomplete region topology. Region topology defines region-arc and region-polygon relationships. A topological region has

[ESRI software] In ArcGlobe, a cache that is built prior to viewing, using an independent process accessed from the shortcut

[ESRI software] A live view of GIS data in ArcCatalog. Users can pan and zoom the preview, query features, and

[graphics computing] Colors from which all other colors are derived in a particular color system. On a display monitor, these

[database structures] An attribute or set of attributes in a database that uniquely identifies each record. A primary key allows

[database structures] In geocoding, the attribute table associated with the primary reference data. Based on the address locator style selected,

[coordinate systems] In a coordinate system, any line of longitude designated as 0 degrees east and west, to which all

In astronomy and geodesy, the vertical circle that passes through an observer’s zenith and through the east and west points