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[data architecture]
In a GIS, comparing attributes in different coverages or map layers according to location.
[statistics, spatial analysis]
A method for showing the relationship between two or more data characteristics by repeating each of the categories of one variable for each category of the other variables. For example, a cross tabulation of census data might show households by number of occupants by income.