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spike

1 [statistics] An anomalous data point that protrudes above or below an interpolated surface. 2 [data capture] An overshoot line […]

spline

In mathematics, a piecewise polynomial function used to approximate a smooth curve in a line or surface.

spline interpolation

[spatial statistics use for geostatistics] An interpolation method in which cell values are estimated using a mathematical function that minimizes

split character

[ESRI software] A user-designated character that divides long labels into two or more lines during the labeling process. There can

split policy

[ESRI software] All attribute domains in geodatabases have a split policy associated with them. When a feature is split into

SPOT

[satellite imaging] Acronym for Satellite Pour lObservation de la Terre. Earth observation satellites developed by Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES),

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