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time window

[network analysis] In networks, the time during which a stop can be visited. For example, on a bus route, each […]

time window violation

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Network Analyst, a time window violation occurs when a route arrives at a network location after

TIN

Acronym for triangulated irregular network. A vector data structure that partitions geographic space into contiguous, nonoverlapping triangles. The vertices of

TIN dataset

[data structures] A dataset containing a triangulated irregular network (TIN). The TIN dataset includes topological relationships between points and neighboring

TIN layer

[ESRI software] A layer that references a set of TIN data. TIN data contains a triangulated irregular network (TIN) and

TIN line type

One of four types of edges that may be found in a TIN: regular lines, hard breaklines, soft breaklines, and

Tissot’s indicatrix

[map projections] A graphical representation of the spatial distortion at a particular map location. The indicatrix is the figure that

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