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Thiessen polygons
A formal method of describing settlement patterns based on territorial divisions centred on a single site; the polygons are created by drawing straight lines between pairs of neighbouring sites, then at the mid-point along each of these lines, a second series of lines are drawn at right angles to the first. Linking the second series of lines creates the thiessen polygons.
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