GIS Dictionary

[coordinate systems] A pair of values that represents the distance from an origin (0,0) along two axes, a horizontal axis (x), and a vertical axis (y). On a map, x,y … Read more

[mathematics] A simple coordinate pair that describes the location of a feature, such as a set of latitude and longitude degrees.

[coordinate systems] In a planar coordinate system, three coordinates that locate a point by its distance from an origin (0,0,0) where three orthogonal axes cross. Usually, the x-coordinate is measured … Read more

[coordinate systems] In a planar coordinate system, the horizontal line that runs right and left (east and west of) the origin (0,0).

[programming] XML for location-based services.

[programming] Acronym for XML Metadata Interchange. A standard that specifies how to store a UML model in an XML file.

[programming] Acronym for Extensible Markup Language. Developed by the W3C, a standardized general purpose markup language for designing text formats that facilitates the interchange of data between computer applications. XML … Read more

[programming] In ArcGIS, an export file containing the features or records from an individual geodatabase feature class or table. Data in the file is encoded in XML and can be … Read more

[programming] In ArcGIS, an export file containing one or more geodatabase feature datasets, feature classes, and tables. It can include schema and data or just the schema. Schema and data … Read more

[programming] A language used to find specific parts of an XML document and compute values from the document’s content.

[programming] Acronym for Extensible Style Language. A set of standards for defining XML document presentation and transformation. An XSL style sheet may contain information about how to display tagged content … Read more

[programming] Acronym for Extensible Style Language Transformations. A language for transforming the tagged content in an XML document into an output document with another format. An XSL style sheet contains … Read more