GIS Chapter 3

End of chapter definitions from Introduction to GIS by Kang-tsung Chang.

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Arc
A line connected to two end points.
ArcObjects
A collection of objects used by ArcGIS Desktop.
Area defintion
A topological relationship used in ESRI's coverage data format that stipulates that an area is defined by a series of connected arcs.
Class
A set of objects with similar
Connectivity
A topological relationship used in ESRI's coverage data format that stipulates that arcs connect to each other at nodes.
Contiguity
A topological relationship used in ESRI's coverage data format that stipulates that arcs have directions and left and right polygons.
Coverage
A topological vector data format used in ESRI products.
Encapsulation
A principle used in object-oriented technology to hide the properties and methods of an object so that the object can be accessed only through the predefined interfaces.
Event
An attribute that can be associated and displayed with a route.
Feature class
A data set that stroes features of the same geometry type in a geodatabase.
Feature dataset
A collection of feature classes in a geodatabase that share the same coordinate system and area extent.
Geodatabase
An object-based vector data model developed by ESRI, Inc.
Georelational data model
A GIS data model that stroes geometries and attributes in two separate but related file systems.
Graph theory
A subfield of mathematics that uses diagrams or graphs to study the arrangements of objects and the relationships among objects.
Interface
A set of externally visible operations of an object.