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conflation  

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  • The word conflation refers to the process (compilation, reconciliation) or the resulting product of combining two or more versions of a complex information entity, such as a manuscript, map, or database, to produce a new improved version of the same entity. A map conflation is the process or the output map resulting from merging information from two or more maps of the same region. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Conflation]

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