TIN represents data as functional surfaces. Functional surfaces are also referred to as 2.5-dimensional surfaces. The fuzzy tolerance is an extremely small distance used to resolve inexact intersection locations due to limited arithmetic precision of computers. A work of geographic reference that supplies place name and location information. When a place name is known, a gazetteer can provide the coordinates of the place.
Most atlases contain gazetteers.
This produces a list of place names sorted both alphabetically and by reference grid number. DIME files provide a schematic map of a city's streets, address ranges, and geostatistical codes relating to the Census Bureau's tabular statistical data. In general, reducing the number of points used to represent a line. The process of identifying the coordinates of a location given its address. Also referred to as address geocoding.