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AT Unit 2 Vocab
AT Unit 2 vocabulary review
Question | Answer |
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CFS | calls for service |
Spatial join | data being joined together based on geographic location, rather than a shared data column |
summarize | when a new table is formed showing details of whatever columns were selected |
relate | when the information on two separate tables are connected to one another. (Not appended) |
merge | to combine two separate data sets that share a particular feature into one data set |
union | when two distinct data layers are combined into one based upon a matching data value |
Personal Geodatabase | collection of geographic datasets of various types used in ArcGIS, in existence since ArcGIS 9 |
file geodatabase | collection of geographic datasets of various types used in ArcGIS, not backwards compatible |
feature class | collection of common features, each having the same spatial representation, point, line, or polygon |
vertex | one of a set of ordered x, y coordinate pairs that defines the shape of a line or polygon feature |
snapping | when the vertices will automatically connected to other vertices most near the where the mouse positions it |
data merge | combining features from multiple sources into a single new class |
ArcCatalog | one of three major components of ArcGIS software, displays GIS data and allows for creation of new shape files, but does not create maps or display multiple data layers |
ArcToolbox | one of three major components of ArcGIS software, manipulates the data within these or simplifies processes. |
Medelbuilder | A tool that can be used in ArcCatalog to combine data and create processes that complete tasks normally done in arcMap without you needing to open or operate the ArcMap portion of the software |
flowchart | the drawn representation in model builder of the functions that will be completed. |