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overlay  

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  • Overlay is, for most people, one of the most definitive operations of geographic information systems (GIS). Overlay makes it possible to combine vector and/or raster data for any areas based on a common coordinate system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Geography; Overlay]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/overlay

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