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dasymetric maps  

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  • Dasymetric mapping is a cartographic technique with roots in choropleth mapping. Both techniques originated in the 1800s when cartographers and others began to design maps of population distributions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Dasymetric Maps]

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