Geography 496596 Introduction to Geographic 地理496596导论.pptVIP

Nearest neighbor High None Spatial autocorrelation + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Spatial interpolation Now to look at some algorithms… Point in polygon: Ray-tracing and the even-odd rule Many points in many polygons: The grid-based method Polygon intersection: The bounding-box rectangle method Shortest path: Dykstra’s algorithm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Basic Concepts of GISJanuary 29, 2013 What is GIS?“A powerful set of tools for collecting, storing, retrieving, transforming and displaying spatial data” A Geographic Information System requires:  (1) Data containing location