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prime meridian

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

prime vertical

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

private virtual server

[ESRI software] An ArcIMS virtual server that offers functionality not directly accessible when creating a Web site. The functionality associated

PRJ

Usually a text file named prj.adf that is associated with a coverage, GRID, or TIN. The PRJ file contains the

PRN code

[GPS] Acronym for pseudo-random noise code. A repeating radio signal broadcast by each GPS satellite and generated by each GPS

probability

[statistics] A measure of the likelihood that a particular outcome, such as a spatial pattern or event, will occur given

probability map

[statistics] A surface that gives the probability that the variable of interest is above or below a specified threshold value.

procedure

[programming] In software, a block of code that performs some task. Procedures are commonly used to organize code into reusable

process

1 [modeling] In geoprocessing in ArcGIS, a tool and its parameter values. One process, or multiple processes connected together, creates

process chain

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Image Server, a list of raster processes that are performed on the fly by the server

profile graph

[cartography] A graph of the elevation of a surface along a specified line.

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