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C
- C
- C++
- C4I
- CAD
- CAD drawing
- CAD drawing dataset
- CAD feature class
- CAD feature dataset
- CAD file
- CAD layer
- CAD staging geodatabase
- cadastral fabric
- cadastral fabric accuracy levels
- cadastral fabric history
- cadastral fabric job
- cadastral fabric layer
- cadastral fabric line point
- cadastral fabric parcel line
- cadastral fabric parcel line category
- cadastral fabric parcel point
- cadastral fabric sublayer
- cadastral fabric topology
- cadastral survey
- cadastre
- calibration
- callout line
- camera
- candidate
- candidate key
- capacity
- caption
- cardinal point
- cardinality
- carrier
- carrier-aided tracking
- carrier-phase GPS
- carrying contour
- Cartesian coordinate system
- cartogram
- cartographer
- cartographic generalization
- cartography
- cartouche
- CASE
- Catalog tree
- CATID
- CBSA
- CD
- celestial sphere
- cell
- cell selection
- cell size
- cell statistics
- cellular automaton
- census block
- census geography
- census tract
- center
- centerline
- centerline vectorization
- centerpoint
- central meridian
- centroid
- CGI
- chain
- chain code
- change detection
- character
- chart
- check-in
- checkout
- checkout geodatabase
- checkout version
- checkout/check-in replication
- child replica
- chi-square statistic
- chord
- choropleth map
- chroma
- chronometer
- CHUM
- circle
- circular arc
- circular variance
- civilian code
- Clarke Belt
- Clarke ellipsoid of 1866
- class
- class intervals
- classification
- classification table
- CLDC
- clean data
- cleaning
- clearinghouse
- client
- client/server architecture
- client-side address locator
- clinometric map
- clip
- cloning
- closed loop traverse
- closest facility analysis
- closure error
- closure report
- CLR
- CLSID
- cluster analysis
- cluster tolerance
- clustering
- CMYK
- coclass
- coded value domain
- code-phase GPS
- COGO
- COGO composite measurement
- COGO simple measurement
- coincident
- coincident geometry
- cokriging
- ColdFusion
- ColdFusion Connector
- color composite
- color map
- color model
- color ramp
- color separation
- column
- COM
- COM contract
- COM interface
- combinatorial operator
- combo box
- command
- command bar
- command line
- command line interface
- Command Line Window
- command prompt window
- comment
- committed read
- compaction
- comparison threshold
- compass
- compass point
- compass rose
- compass rule
- compiler
- complex dynamic event
- complex edge feature
- complex junction feature
- complex market area
- complex stationary event
- complex temporal event
- component
- component category
- Component Category Manager
- composite measurement
- composite relationship
- composition
- compound element
- compound key
- compression
- compromise projection
- computation
- computation name
- computation network
- Computation Network Analysis window
- computation network cycles
- computation state
- Computation tool
- computational geometry
- computer-assisted learning
- concatenate
- concatenate events
- concatenated key
- concurrency
- concurrency management
- concurrent use
- condition table
- conditional operator
- conditional statement
- confidence level
- configuration file
- configuration keyword
- conflation
- conflict
- conflict resolution
- conformal projection
- conformality
- congressional district
- conic projection
- connection
- connection line
- connectivity
- connectivity group
- connectivity policy
- connectivity rule
- connector
- constrained adjustment
- constraints
- construct features
- construction line
- container account
- container process
- containment
- content
- Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- conterminous
- contiguity
- contiguous
- continuous data
- continuous feature
- continuous raster
- continuous tone image
- contour interval
- contour line
- contour tagging
- contrast
- contrast ratio
- contrast stretch
- control
- control point
- conventional alternative hypothesis
- convergence angle
- conversion
- convex hull
- convex polygon
- coordinate geometry traverse
- coordinate system
- coordinate transformation
- coordinated universal time
- coordinates
- correlation
- corridor
- corridor analysis
- cost
- cost raster
- cost-benefit analysis
- cost-distance analysis
- cost-weighted allocation
- cost-weighted direction
- cost-weighted distance
- COTS
- county
- county subdivision
- covariance
- coverage
- coverage feature class
- coverage units
- cracking
- Crandall rule
- creation date
- creation time
- critical value
- crop marks
- cross correlation
- cross covariance
- cross tabulation
- cross validation
- cross variogram
- cross-reference database
- cross-tile indexing
- CSS
- cubic convolution
- cull
- cultural feature
- cultural geography
- curb approach
- current cadastral fabric
- current coordinate
- current workspace
- curve fitting
- custom behavior
- custom feature
- custom functionality
- custom group layer
- custom object
- custom tool
- custom toolset
- customer market analysis
- customer profiling
- customer prospecting
- cut/fill
- cycle
- cylindrical projection
