Scaling,leveling and orientation to ground control of a stereo pair of aerial photographs during the photogrammetric setup process.

closeness of agreement between a test result and the accepted reference value

A nonflammable plastic sheeting used as a base for photographic fils or as a drafting base for overlays where critical registration is not required.

[cadastral and land records] A designation of the location of a person's residence or workplace, an organization, or a building, consisting of numerical and text elements such as a street number, street name, and city arranged in a particular format.

Source: http://support.esri.com/en/other-resources/gis-dictionary/term/address

The ability to match an address component to its geographic location on the ground 

Photograph taken from an aerial platform (usually an aeroplane), either vertically or obliquely.

Coordinate transformation to convert map coordinates into database coordinates

The process of combining smaller spatial units, and the data they contain, into larger spatial units by dissolving common boundaries and lumping the data together.

Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context.

Text on a drawing or map associated with graphic entities.

A program (software) or web mapping service designed to perform a specific task. Examples include word processing software, database programs, and mapping tools.

GIS applications can be used to solve problems, automate tasks, and generate information within a specific field of interest. They can also be used to search, analyze, and map data to answer particular questions.

OWS Services operating on user devices or servers that have network connectivity. Users use Application Services to access Registry, Portrayal, Processing and Data Services. Application Services commonly, but not necessarily, provide user-oriented displays of geospatial content and support user interaction at the user terminal.

An ordered string of vertices (x, y coordinate pairs) that begin at one location and end at another. Connecting the arc’s vertices creates a line. The vertices at each endpoint of an arc called nodes.

[software] ArcCatalog is an application in the ArcGIS suite used to manage geographic data – similar to windows file explorer.

[ESRI software] A Web service processed and executed from within an ArcGIS server. Each Web service has a distinct HTTP location (URL). Web access is enabled by default for all ArcGIS Server services, but can be turned off by an administrator.

[software] ArcGlobe is a global three-dimensional visualization and analysis environment as part of the Esri ArcGIS suite (3D analyst), specializing in global datasets and larger study areas.

An abstract technical description of a system or collection of systems. Modern software architectures employ interoperability interfaces to enable enterprises and whole industries to establish coherent, flexible, integrated information flows that can be implemented with heterogeneous but intercommunicating software systems. The OpenGIS Specification defines the interoperability interfaces that make it possible to include geographic information in these information flows. Conceptually based, architecture does not contain the level of detail needed for construction

A user defined area (represented by a bounding box, circle or polygon). Often used as a filter in a query.

[GIS processing] Aspect is the slope direction on a terrain surface. Aspect is measured clockwise starting North as 0° to 360° North again with flat areas given a value of -1 (or 0 degrees).

named property of an entity

Descriptive information about features or elements of a database. For a database feature like census tract, attributes might include many demographic facts including total population, average income, and age. In statistical parlance, an attribute is a `variable,` whereas the database feature represents an `observation` of the variable.

[data structure] An attribute table stores non-spatial information in columns and rows about geographic data – similar to spreadsheets.

The process of converting maps and drawings into a digital format while reducing or eliminating operator intervention. Scanning is one form of automated conversion. Heads-up digitizing via tracing a raster image displayed on a computer screen is another form.

The use of computer graphics technology to produce maps. May include specialized CAD technology for digitizing and editing map features, and DBMS technology to produce thematic maps.

A reference line in a coordinate system

resolution in the cross-range direction

Map projections in which the surface of the globe is projected onto a flat plane.