Minimum bounding rectangle

minimum bounding rectangle
See Also: extent
[ESRI software] A rectangle, oriented to the x- and y-axes, that bounds a geographic feature or a geographic dataset. It is specified by two coordinate pairs: xmin, ymin and xmax, ymax.

Minimum Bounding Rectangle The rectangle defined by the map extent of a geographic data set and specified by two coordinates: xmin, ymin, and xmanx, ymax.

minimum bounding rectangleA rectangle, oriented to the x and y axes, which bounds a geographic feature or a geographic data set. It is specified by two coordinates: xmin,ymin and xmax,ymax.

Minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) of all shapes contained within the shapefile; four doubles in the following order: min X, min Y, max X, max Y
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See Minimum Bounding Rectangle.
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A graphic defining a sharp contrast change in the slope of the land. e.g. embankment.

The geographic extent specified by the minimum bounding rectangle of a study area. extent The rectangular limits (xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax) of the area of the Earth's surface you want to display using ARC/INFO.

The extents of your data can be visualized as a Minimum Bounding Rectangle (MBR), meaning the smallest possible rectangle that contains your data. Below is an image that illustrates the concept of the MBR.

map extent : The rectangular limits (xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax) of the area of the Earth's surface you want to display using ARC/INFO. The geographic extent specified by the minimum bounding rectangle of a study area.

Typically, the extent of the geographic database (or a portion of it defined by a zoomed-in view) defines the map extent for display.
2. The geographic extent of a geographic data set specified by the minimum bounding rectangle (i.e.

coverage extent The coordinates defining the minimum bounding rectangle (i.e., xmin,ymin and xmax,ymax) of a coverage or grid. All coordinates for the coverage or grid fall within this boundary.

See also: Coordinate, Coordinate system, Digital, Cover, Record