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tool
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[software]
A command that requires interaction with the GUI before an action is performed. For example, a zoom tool requires a user to use the mouse to click on or draw a box over a digital map before the tool will cause the map to be redrawn at a larger scale. -
[ESRI software]
A geoprocessing command in ArcGIS that performs such specific tasks as clip, split, erase, or buffer.
