Appendix A. ArcGIS Pro Glossary

This is a glossary of commonly used terms associated with ArcGIS Pro and GIS. This is by no means a complete compilation of all terms you may encounter.

Annotation: Annotation is one option in ArcGIS in order to store text to place on your maps. With annotation, each piece of text stores its own position, text string, and display properties. Annotation is managed individually unlike labels, which are managed as a group. This means a user can change the properties of single annotation features, including color, font, size, bold, underlines, or italic.

ArcGIS: This is Esri's GIS platform that includes Desktop, Enterprise, Data, Mobile, and Web solutions. This can be deployed singularly or as an integrated solution. The ArcGIS Platform includes ArcGIS for Desktop (ArcMap and ArcCatalog), ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online, ArcPAD, ArcGIS Mobile for Windows, ArcGIS for Android and iOS, and so on.

ArcGIS for Desktop: This is Esri's primary...