GIS Dictionary

[aerial photography] The science of interpreting and mapping geologic features from aerial photographs or remote-sensing data.

The science of making reliable measurements of physical objects and the environment by measuring and plotting electromagnetic radiation data from aerial photographs and remote-sensing systems against land features identified in … Read more

[aerial photography] An aerial photograph or photographs, referenced to a ground control system and overprinted with map symbology.

[physics] An instrument that records the intensity of light by converting incident radiation into an electrical signal and then measuring it.

[geography] The field of geography concerning the natural features of the earth’s surface.

[ESRI software] One of the two parts of a network system; the actual feature classes that participate in a network system.