| Education |
Formal education information. For example, schools, universities, colleges, and related activities. |
| Elevation |
Height above or below sea level. For example, resources describing altitude, bathymetry, digital elevation models, slope, and products derived from this information. |
| Environment |
Environmental resources, protection, and conservation. For example, resources describing pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, water features, and drainage systems. |
| Facility and Structure |
Manmade construction. For example, resources describing buildings, fences, and related items. |
| Feature Class |
A collection of geographic features with the same geometry type (such as point, line or polygon), the same attributes, and the same spatial reference.
- Point - a geometric element defined by a pair of x,y coordinates
- Poly Line - a shape defined by a series of connected line segments
- Polygon - a closed shape defined by a connected sequence of x,y coordinate pairs, where the first and last coordinate pair are the same and all other pairs are unique
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| Gazetteer |
A geographical dictionary, an important reference for information about places and place-names and associated spatial location |
| Geocoding |
The process of assigning geographic identifiers (eg, codes or geographic coordinates expressed as latitude-longitude) to map features and other data records, such as street addresses. |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System, a system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth. In the strictest sense, it is a computer system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing, and displaying geographically-referenced information. In a more generic sense, GIS is a tool that allows users to create interactive queries (user-created searches), analyze the spatial information, edit data, and present the results of all these operations. |
