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intervisibility  

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  • If you are standing, looking out at a landscape, those points you can see can be described as being intervisible with you. The concept of intervisibility is the basis of one of the many functions contained in most geographical information systems (GIS) designed for use with elevation data. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Intervisibility]

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

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