GIS Dictionary

[Internet] In ArcGIS Online, a Web based, interactive map that allows you to display and query the layers on the […]

[Internet] A set of interface specifications that provides uniform access by Web clients to maps rendered by map servers on

[Internet] A page of information stored on a Web site and viewed in a Web browser. Web pages may contain

[hardware] A computer that manages Web documents, Web applications, and Web services and makes them available to the rest of

[Internet] A software component accessible over the World Wide Web for use in other applications. Web services are built using

[Internet] A collection of ArcGIS Server Web services. A Web service catalog is itself a Web service with a distinct

[Internet] A collection of Web pages (HTML files) that are interconnected with hyperlinks and published on the World Wide Web.

[data capture] The minimum distance allowed between any two vertices along a line, set before digitizing. When new lines are

[data capture] Reducing the number of points that define a line while preserving its essential shape.

1 [mathematics] A number that indicates the importance of a variable for a particular calculation. The larger the weight assigned

[ESRI software] In geometric networks, a specification for which network features can be traced based on their weight values.