GeoInfoWorld
Glossary
Asset Criticality
The relative importance of an asset to service continuity, safety, operations or other objectives.
Cadastre
A parcel-based land information system describing spatial units and associated land-administration information.
Catchment Analysis
Analysis of the geographic area and population or demand associated with a facility, service or location.
Common Operating Picture
A shared, current operational representation of incidents, resources and geographic context.
Coverage Gap
A geographic area where a service, network or facility fails to meet defined demand or performance requirements.
Earth Observation
Observation and measurement of Earth systems using remote sensing and related sensing technologies.
Ecological Connectivity
The degree to which landscapes enable ecological movement, dispersal or process continuity.
GeoAI
Artificial intelligence methods designed for geospatial and spatiotemporal data, relationships and reasoning.
Geocoding
Resolving textual place or address descriptions to geographic coordinates or referenced locations.
Geospatial Evidence
Spatially referenced observations, measurements or analytical results used to support an interpretation or decision.
Habitat Suitability
A spatial estimate of how environmental conditions support a species or ecological objective.
Land Tenure
The system of rights, restrictions and responsibilities governing access to and use of land.
Location-Allocation
A family of methods that selects facilities and allocates demand to them under spatial objectives and constraints.
Location Intelligence
The use of geographic context, spatial analysis and location data to understand operations, markets or decisions.
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
A family of methods for evaluating alternatives against multiple criteria.
Network Accessibility
The ability to reach destinations through a transport or other network under explicit travel impedance.
Nowcasting
Very short-horizon estimation of current or near-future conditions using recent observations and models.
Prospectivity Modelling
Spatial modelling used to estimate and map the relative potential for a target resource or phenomenon.
Scenario Analysis
Structured comparison of alternative plausible conditions, policies or futures.
Service Area
A geographic area reachable from a facility or network node under defined travel or service conditions.
Spatial Data Lineage
The traceable history of a spatial dataset, including sources, transformations, quality checks and publication states.
Spatial Decision Support System
A system that integrates spatial data, analytical methods and decision processes to support geographic decisions.
Spatial Decision Unit
A spatial unit used as the atomic entity for evaluation, comparison, allocation or decision.
Spatial Digital Twin
A governed digital representation of a real-world place, asset or system linked to spatial identity, geometry, state and time.
Spatial Epidemiology
The study of geographic patterns and determinants of population health and disease using spatial methods.
Spatial Optimization
Optimization in which location, spatial relationships or geographic constraints are part of the decision problem.
Spatial Resilience
The capacity of geographically distributed people, assets and systems to withstand, adapt to and recover from disruptions.
Suitability Analysis
A spatial evaluation of how well locations satisfy defined criteria and constraints.
Territorial Analysis
Structured spatial analysis of territories, boundaries, access, resources and geographic relationships.
Trade Area
A geographic catchment representing the market or customer area associated with a location or service.