GIS Dictionary

[Internet] A worldwide, decentralized, public information space for sharing documents and conducting business on the Internet. Components of the World Wide Web include information in the form of HTML documents; … Read more

1 [Internet] A software program that communicates via the World Wide Web and delivers Web-based information to the user in HTML format. Web applications are typically used to add customization … Read more

[Internet] A file that contains a user interface as well as all the code and necessary files to use as a starting point for creating a new customized Web application. … Read more

[Internet] An application that allows users to access and view web pages on their computer screens. Web browsers enable users to view HTML documents on the World Wide Web.

[Internet] The visual component of a Web form that executes its own action on the server. Web controls are designed specifically to work on Web forms and are similar in … Read more

[Internet] A set of interface specifications that standardizes data manipulation and map display on the Internet. The Web Feature Server (WFS) specification is the result of a collaborative effort assembled … Read more

[Internet] Based on ASP.NET technology, Web forms allow the creation of dynamic Web pages in a Web application. Web forms present their user interface to a client in a Web … Read more

[Internet] In ArcGIS Online, a Web based, interactive map that allows you to display and query the layers on the map. A Web map contains one or more ArcGIS Server … Read more

[Internet] A set of interface specifications that provides uniform access by Web clients to maps rendered by map servers on the Internet. The Web Map Server (WMS) is the result … Read more

[Internet] A page of information stored on a Web site and viewed in a Web browser. Web pages may contain text, graphics, animations, forms for data entry, and links to … Read more

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

[Internet] A software component accessible over the World Wide Web for use in other applications. Web services are built using industry standards such as XML and SOAP, and thus are … Read more

[Internet] A collection of ArcGIS Server Web services. A Web service catalog is itself a Web service with a distinct location (URL) and can be queried to obtain the list … Read more

[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 added, vertices that fall within that distance of the last … Read more

[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 to the variable, the more that variable will influence the … Read more

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

[ESRI software] In Survey Analyst for field measurements, one of two possibilities for performing a constrained adjustment. In the weighted constrained adjustment, the reference point coordinates are treated as observed … Read more

[spatial statistics use for geostatistics] The geographic center of a set of points as adjusted for the influence of a value associated with each point. For example, while the mean … Read more

[spatial statistics use for geostatistics] The value of a point’s attribute computed by averaging the values of its surrounding points, taking into account their importance or their distance from the … Read more

[data analysis] A technique for combining multiple rasters by applying a common measurement scale of values to each raster, weighting each according to its importance, and adding them together to … Read more