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Chain Code - definition(s)

chain code - [data capture] A method of drawing a polygon as a series of straight line segments defined as a set of directional codes, with each code following the last like links in a chain.

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Source: esri, 16 February 2012 08:41:03, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External 


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