GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] In Survey Analyst – Cadastral Editor, an XML stream or file containing the portion of the cadastral fabric […]

The unit of measure, usually millimeters or inches, used to arrange map elements on a page for printing, as opposed

[map display] To shift a map image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.

[digital image processing] Sharpening a low-resolution multiband image by merging it with a high-resolution panchromatic image.

[remote sensing] Sensitive to light of all wavelengths in the visible spectrum.

[map design] A map spliced together from smaller maps of neighboring areas.

[photogrammetry] The apparent shift in an object’s position when it is viewed from two different angles.

[geodesy] An imaginary eastwest line encircling the earth, parallel to the equator and connecting all points of equal latitude. Also,

[computing] In computer data communications, a method of storing or sending data side by side, in groups of bits. Parallel

1 [map projections] One of the variables that define a specific instance of a map projection or a coordinate system.

[mathematics] A curve that is defined mathematically rather than by a series of connected vertices. A parametric curve has only