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rubber sheeting
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A procedure for adjusting the coordinates of all points in an image (raster) or feature (vector) dataset to align any identifiable points with known map locations. Layers are most closely aligned at the coincident (control) points, but due to nonuniform adjustments, variance between control points can cause map distortions. Rubber sheeting preserves the interconnectivity between points and objects through stretching, shrinking, or reorienting their interconnecting lines (in a feature dataset), or their neighboring pixels (in an image).
