Georeferencing, lower the boom on. The U.S.-China showdown is just beginning and it promises to be a rough ride.

Each map has been georeferenced, so it is possible to navigate the globe and see the old maps overlapped and adjusted to the satellite images.

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U.S. lowers the boom on Huawei

The U.S.-China showdown is just beginning and it promises to be a rough ride.

lower the boom on. Scold harshly or punish severely; also, put a stop to something. For example, If you're caught smoking in school, the principal is bound to lower the boom on you , or The new radar equipment enabled the police to lower the boomon speeding .

Georeferencing - Wikipedia

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In other words, Georeferencing means to associate something with locations in physical space. The term is commonly used in the geographic information systems field to describe the process of associating a physical map or raster image of a map with spatial locations.

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showdown

/ˈʃəʊdaʊn/

noun

1. 1.

   a final test or confrontation intended to settle a dispute.

   "he and his government were lurching towards an angry showdown with their critics"

   Similar:

   confrontation

   deciding event

   clash

   face-off

   moment of truth

   crisis
2. 2.

   (in poker or brag) the requirement at the end of a round that the players who remain in should show their cards to determine which is the strongest hand.