GIS Dictionary

[Internet] Acronym for Representational State Transfer. An architecture for exchanging information between peers in a decentralized, distributed environment. REST allows […]

[network analysis] A Boolean network element attribute used for limiting traversal through a network dataset. “One way street,” “no trucks

[geocoding] The process of finding a street address from a point on a map.

[graphics computing] A color model that uses red, green, and blue, the primary additive colors used to display images on

[geodesy] A complex curve on the earth’s surface that crosses every meridian at the same oblique angle. A rhumb line

[programming] An application that stores and retrieves data locally rather than remotely, enabling easy interaction with other internal resources. Client-side

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS, a geometric element from which polygons are constructed. A ring is a closed path (one that

The simplest and most widely used type of market-area analysis, in which a circle is generated around an area on

[linear referencing] In hydrology applications, another name for linear referencing. River addressing allows objects such as gauging stations to be

Acronym for root mean square error. A measure of the difference between locations that are known and locations that have

[navigation] A transparent gauge that represents easting and northing distances at a given map scale, used to locate positions on