GIS Dictionary

[Internet] Acronym for Secure Sockets Layer. An encryption protocol for the secure transfer of private information over the Internet.

[programming] Acronym for single threaded apartment. An apartment that has only a single thread. User interface code is usually placed

[cartography] In cartography, any material such as a Mylar sheet or film that is more durable than paper and less

1 [computing] In computing, a data storage structure that operates on last in, first out (LIFO) protocol. As with a

[software] An application that runs by itself, not within an ArcGIS application.

[ESRI software] Annotation that is stored in the geodatabase, consisting of geographically placed text strings that are not associated with

A statistical measure of the spread of values from their mean, calculated as the square root of the sum of

A data classification method that finds the mean value, then places class breaks above and below the mean at intervals

[spatial statistics use for geostatistics] A measure of the compactness of a spatial distribution of features around its mean center.

[standards] The federal U.S. standard for classifying establishments by their primary type of business activity. Standard Industrial Classification codes (SIC

[map projections] A line on a sphere or spheroid that has no length compression or expansion after being projected; usually