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[data conversion]
The process of converting or altering data within a GIS to integrate differing data types, improve visualization, or provide an analytical framework. Transformation may refer to coordinate transformation, geometric transformation, topological transformation, image transformation, attribute transformation, or network transformation.
[data conversion]
The process of converting the coordinates of a map or an image from one system to another, typically by shifting, rotating, rescaling, skewing, or projecting them.
