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B
- .bat file
- background
- background image
- backscatter
- backup
- BAM
- band
- band ratio
- band separate
- band-pass filter
- bandwidth
- barrier
- base data
- base height
- base height ratio
- base layer
- base station
- base symbol
- base tag
- baseline
- basemap
- batch file
- batch geocoding
- batch mode operation
- batch processing
- batch table
- batch vectorization
- bathymetric map
- bathymetry
- battle dimension
- baud rate
- Bayes' theorem
- Bayesian statistics
- bearing
- bearing method
- behavior
- benchmark
- best route
- Bézier curve
- Bhattacharyya distance
- big endian
- bilinear interpolation
- billboarding
- bin
- binary
- binary file
- binding
- binomial distribution
- biogeography
- biomass
- bit
- bit depth
- bitmap
- blind digitizing
- BLOB
- block
- block attribute
- block group
- block kriging
- blocking
- blunder
- bookmark
- Boolean expression
- Boolean operation
- Boolean operator
- border arcs
- boundary
- boundary effect
- boundary feature weight
- boundary line
- boundary monument
- boundary network
- boundary survey
- bounding rectangle
- break
- breakline
- brightness theme
- browse graphic
- B-tree
- buffer
- bug
- build
- build parcel
- bus
- business table
- button
- byte
