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Definition: Dissolve
Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems
A GIS function that deletes boundaries between adjacent polygons that have the same value for a specific attribute. For example, enumeration area polygons can be dissolved based on the code of their supervisory units to create supervisory maps. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Handbook_Geo_Infrastr_Supp_Census_Activ.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009
United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009
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