Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 505)

Definition Term
forth. The information for each object is listed on a
row in the Browser.
A word or phrase, usually found in a menu, that
displays a dialog box and/or carries out an action. command
When conflicts exist between the data residing on
a remote database and new data that you want to conflict resolution
upload to the remote database via a MapInfo
Professional linked table. The conflict resolution
process is invoked whenever an attempt to save
the linked table detects a conflict in an update.
A menu activated through the Control Menu Box
located in the upper left corner of all windows. The Control menu
control menu is used to resize, move, maximize,
minimize, or close the window.
The points on a raster image whose coordinates
serve as a reference for associating earth control points
coordinates with any location on the image. See
registration .
An x,y location in a Cartesian coordinate system,
or a Latitude, Longitude location in an earth coordinate
coordinate system. Coordinates represent locations
on a map relative to other locations. Earth
coordinate systems may use the equator and the
Greenwich prime meridian as fixed reference
points. Plane coordinate systems describe a
two-dimensional x,y location in terms of distance
from a fixed reference and are usually in the first
quadrant so that all coordinates are positive
numbers.
A coordinate system is used to create a numerical
representation of geometric objects. Each point in coordinate system
a geometric object is represented by a pair of
numbers. Those numbers are the coordinates for
that point. In cartography, coordinate systems are
closely related to projections. You create a
coordinate system by supplying specific values for
the parameters of a projection. See
Cartesian
Coordinates , projection , and spherical
coordinates .
The topmost layer of a Map window. Objects may
be placed in this layer such as map titles and cosmetic layer
graphic objects. It is always displayed, and all
objects placed in the Cosmetic Layer must be
saved to a new or existing layer.
A process that occurs when combining separate
map objects into a single object. MapInfo data aggregation
Professional calculates what the column values for
the new object should be, based on sums or
averages of the values of the original objects.
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Appendix E: Glossary of Terms