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multipoint feature

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  1. [ESRI software] In ArcGIS software, a digital map feature that represents a place or thing that has neither area nor length at a given scale, and that is treated as a single object with multiple locations. For example, the entrances and exits to a prairie dog den might be represented as a multipoint feature. A multipoint feature is associated with a single record in an attribute table. multipoint feature Illustration