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background image - [map display] A satellite image, aerial photograph, or scanned map over which vector data is displayed. Although a background image can be used to align coordinates, it is not linked to attribute information and is not part of the spatial analysis in a GIS.
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Source: esri, 27 January 2012 09:18:59, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation
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