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feature displacement
See Also:
generalization,
line simplification
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[graphics (map display)]
The movement of features that would otherwise overprint or conflict with other features. For example, if a river, a road, and a railway run through a narrow valley, it is necessary, at some scales, to displace at least one of the features that represent them on the map to keep their symbols distinct.
