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display unit - [map display] The unit of measure used to render dimensions of shapes, distance tolerances, and offsets on a computer screen or on a printed map. Although they are stored with consistent units in the dataset, users can choose the units in which coordinates and measurements are displayed"”for example, feet, miles, meters, or kilometers.

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Source: esri, 31 March 2012 08:05:55, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External 


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