Doc: stactit.rst: mention behavior with overlapping items

rouault · Jan 15, 2024 · 45ea07b · 45ea07b
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Thus, translating it into VRT will result in a VRT file that directly references
 
 Note that `STAC API ItemCollections <https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-api-spec/blob/main/fragments/itemcollection/README.md>`_ are not the same as  `STAC Collections <https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/tree/master/collection-spec>`_. STAC API ItemCollections are GeoJSON FeatureCollections enhanced with STAC entities.
 
+Note that when the ItemCollections contains overlapping items, and that some items
+are fully covered by other items that are more recent, the STACIT virtual mosaic will
+not list those fully covered items not participating to the pixel values of the mosaic.
+
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