See also Cartographic Terms
GENERAL
- GIS (Geographic Information System vs Geographic Information Science)
- Raster-Vector
- Entities & Attributes
- Point-Line-Polygon
- Metadata
- Relational Database (RDBMS)
- ArcGIS PRO
- Ribbon, Views, Panes
- Map View
- Layout View
- Model View
- Table View
- ArcGIS PRO license levels (PRO Basic – PRO Standard – PRO Advanced)
- ArcGIS PRO Extensions (Spatial Analyst, 3-D Analyst, etc.)
- ArcGIS PRO Projects:
- Project Folder
- Project File
- Project Geodatabase
- Project Toolbox
- Folder Connections
VECTOR data
- Points (also the nodes of a line or polygon)
- Lines (or arcs)
- Polygons (or areas)
- Vertices (the nodes of a line or polygon)
- Coverage
- Shapefile (feature class)
- GeoDatabase
- Feature Dataset
- Feature Class
- TIN
- X-Y Data Layers (or Event Layers)
- See Geoprocessing below
RASTER data
- GRIDs (numerical values)
- Imagery (aerial imagery or scanned maps)
- GeoDatabase
- Geodatabase Raster
- DEM
- DRG
- DOQ / DOQQ
- Air Photos
- See Geoprocessing below
CARTOGRAPHY
- Qualitative symbology (unique values)
- Quantitative symbology (graduated classes, etc.)
- Normalization of data (by another field) (i.e., Density)
- Scale
- Labels & Annotation
- Graphic Layers (text of graphic shapes)
- Cartographic Elements: Legend, Scale bar, Title, North Arrow, Map Credits…
- Inset Map
- Locator Map
- Detail Map
- Hillshade
- See also Cartographic Terms
SPATIAL REFERENCE
- Coordinate Systems
- Common Coordinate Systems (UTM, State Plane, Lat-Long…)
- Projections
- Common Projections (Mercator, Lambert Conformal Conic, Robinson…)
- Datums
- Common Datums (NAD-27, NAD-83, WGS-84)
- UTM (Bellingham = Zone 10 N)
- State Plane (Bellingham = Washington N)
- Lat-Long (Bellingham = 48.73, -122.49)
TABLES
- Row-Record-Entity
- Column-Field-Attribute
- Adding fields (Field Types)
- Calculating field values
- Add (or Calculate) Geometry Attributes
- Summary statistics tables
- Tabular Join and Relate
- Cardinality (1 to 1, 1 to Many, Many to 1)
QUERIES
- Select by Attribute
- SQL
- Select by Location
- Boolean logic (AND, OR and NOT)
- Definition Query
EDITING
- Editing tools / ribbon
- Snapping
- Vertex
- Attributes
- Split (feature)
- Merge (features)
- Topology
GEOPROCESSING
- Environment Settings
- Geoprocessing History
- ModelBuilder
- VECTOR Geoprocessing
- Dissolve
- Buffer (and/or Multiple Ring Buffer)
- Clip
- Erase
- Intersect
- Union
- Identity
- Union
- Spatial Join
- X-Y Data Table to Point
- RASTER Geoprocessing
- Surface Operations
- Hillshade
- Contour
- Slope
- Aspect
- Raster Functions
- GRID Algebra
- Reclassify
- Extract Values to Point
- Surface Operations
DOCUMENTATION
- Data Flow Diagrams (Inputs, Processes & Outputs)
- Metadata
- Reports (charts, graphs, maps)
SYNONYMS (sort of – terms relating to similar things/concepts)
Spatial component of GIS data (the ‘where’ part of the data – a thing that is located in the world which we can use for spatial analysis)
- Entities
- Features
- Spatial data
- Map Data
- Locations
- Elements
- Objects
- Observations
- Graphics
- A Row in an Attribute Table
Thematic or descriptive component of GIS data (the ‘what’ part of the data – allowing us to do statistical or categorical analysis in the form of database queries or analysis)
- Attributes
- Variables
- Thematic data
- Tabular data
- Database
- A Column in an Attribute Table
Collections of spatial features (with their attributes), typically stored by content (roads, rivers, houses, population, etc.) and/or type of data (point, line, polygon, or raster)
- Layers
- Themes
- Coverages
- Classes
- Feature Classes
- Level
Geographic Information Systems
- GIS (Geographic Information System)
- LIS (Land Information System)
- AM/FM (Automated Mapping and Facilities Management)
- NRIS (Natural Resources Inventory System)
- Spatial Information System
- Spatial Database
- A Paper Map (which can be thought of as system for storing and analyzing geographic information)
- Not GPS (Global Position System)
- Not Google Earth, Google Maps, Bing Maps, Open Street Maps, Map Quest…