Spatial Analysis Methods and Practice
Spatial Analysis Methods and Practice This is an introductory textbook on spatial analysis and spatial statistics through GIS. Topics include: describing and mapping data through exploratory spatial…
Specifikacia Spatial Analysis Methods and Practice
Spatial Analysis Methods and Practice
This is an introductory textbook on spatial analysis and spatial statistics through GIS. Topics include: describing and mapping data through exploratory spatial data analysis; analyzing geographic distributions and point patterns; spatial autocorrelation; spatial clustering; geographically weighted regression and OLS regression; and spatial econometrics. Each chapter presents methods and metrics, explains how to interpret results, and provides worked examples.
Exercises are solved twice: first through ArcGIS, and then GeoDa. The worked examples link theory to practice through a single real-world case study, with software and illustrated guidance. Through a simple methodological framework the book describes the dataset, explores spatial relations and associations, and builds models.
Results are critically interpreted, and the advantages and pitfalls of using various spatial analysis