The reference location for a planar coordinate system, usually represented by the values 0,0.
The place where a trip starts. This is usually the home for most consumers. For a population group, an origin could be a census tract or a city. Origins are represented as nodes in a network coverage, as points in a point coverage, and as label points in a polygon coverage.
City of High Point, NC—GIS Glossaryretrieved 2014-05-27