GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS, a specialized geometry vertex that controls the phases of certain geometric effects in a representation rule.

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS, the combination of symbology and any geometric effects that together define the appearance of features sharing

[cartography] The ratio of a distance on a map to the equivalent distance measured in the same units on the

[mathematics] The process of interpolating new cell values when transforming rasters to a new coordinate space or cell size.

[statistics] In a regression model, the difference between the observed Y value and the predicted Y value; the unexplained portion

1 [cartography] The detail with which a map depicts the location and shape of geographic features. The larger the map

[ESRI software] ESRI Web site providing various online resourcessuch as online help, user forums, blogs, samples, user communities, developer content,

[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.