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Distortion - Alteration from the original source.
[Category=Localization/Localisation ]
Source: Common Sense Advisory, 08 January 2010 09:24:37, http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/Resources/Glossary/tabid/878/Default.aspx
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distortion - [map projections] On a map or image, the misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements on the curved surface of the earth.
[Category=Geospatial ]
Source: esri, 01 April 2012 09:40:05, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation
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