GeoPlatform Concepts
- Map Block
- is an Open Map embedded into a web page.
- Map Gallery
- is a curated set of Open Maps. Galleries may be embedded into web pages.
- Open Map
- is a GeoPlatform map object which contains resource information, such as layers and features, and metadata describing the map.
- Registry
- is a GeoPlatform service which manages resources and metadata.
- Shapefile
- is a simple, nontopological format for storing the geometric location and attribute information of geographic features. Geographic features in a shapefile can be represented by points, lines, or polygons (areas).
- Web Service
- is an application exposed over the Internet using well-documented APIs which allow users and client applications to perform some defined set of functionality.
Miscellaneous Terms
- AGOL
- ArcGIS Online is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information.
- CSW
- Catalog Service for the Web is a standard protocol published by the Open Geospatial Consortium for serving metadata records.
- GeoJSON
- Geographic JavaScrip Object Notation is an open standard format for encoding collections of simple geographical features along with their non-spatial attributes using JavaScript Object Notation.
- GIS
- Geographic/Geospatial Information System is a computer system for providing access to and management of geospatial information.
- KML
- Keyhole Markup Language is an XML notation for expressing geographic annotation and visualization within Internet-based, two-dimensional maps and three-dimensional Earth browsers.
- NGDA
- National Geospatial Data Asset is a geospatially-empowered dataset, data object, or data product managed by the United States Federal Government.
- OMB Circular A-16 Themes
- is a circular providing direction for federal agencies that produce, maintain or use spatial data either directly or indirectly in the fulfillment of their mission.
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format which is both human-readable and machine-readable.
- WFS
- Web Feature Service is a standard protocol published by the Open Geospatial Consortium for serving feature data, often geospatially rich, over the Internet.
- WGS84
- WGS84 is a standard coordinate system for use in cartography, geodesy, and navigation including by GPS.
- WMS
- Web Map Service is a standard protocol published by the Open Geospatial Consortium for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database.