Abstract:
The technical terms and acronyms used in GIS can be very confusing to the lay-person or young researcher (see McNoleg 1996 for more details as to why). Knowledge is power, as they say, so with the aim of adding yet more confusion into this arena (McNoleg 1998), the following definitions are cheerfully offered. Try them out on your significant other, parents, colleagues, dean; you will find they greatly increase your credibility and mystique.