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transformation
See Also:
affine transformation,
Cartesian coordinate system,
Helmert transformation,
projective transformation,
rectification
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[data conversion]
The process of converting the coordinates of a map or an image from one system to another, typically by shifting, rotating, scaling, skewing, or projecting them. 
