All in a Day by Gloria Cook

All in a Day by Gloria Cook

Applications of spatial data, coupled with the ever wider use of geographic information systems, are finding increasing use in the disciplines of geography and geology, as well as environmental science, ecology, epidemiology, economics and social sciences. Disciplines that are concerned with spatial variations and patterns and the relationships between such patterns. Spatial data is defined here as data where the absolute locations and/or relative spatial locations of the observations are taken into account, in addition to the values relating to the phenomena of interest.

This textbook is aimed at students seeking to apply GIS and spatial data analysis and statistics to their fields of study and focuses on detecting patterns and exploring and modeling relationships between such patterns in order to understand the processes responsible for the observed patterns. It avoids an exhaustive presentation of the whole of spatial data analysis, providing instead a subset of techniques that are both accessible and of practical use.

The spatial analysis techniques presented include: visualisation tools, exploratory devices and more formal model-based approaches. The data used are subdivided into four broad data types: those concerned with the location of point events (spatial point patterns); with measurements made over a set of areal units (area data); with attributes measured at sampled point locations (geostatistical data); and with the spatial interaction of flow data consisting of measurements which are associated with a link or pair of locations representing points or areas.

Each chapter is accompanied by a set of examples, case studies and computer based exercises which involve real world data sets and reflect a range of applications across disciplines. A package of specially prepared software tools accompanies the book, incorporating the data sets used in the text.

Cook, Gloria: - Gloria Cook is the author of several well-loved Cornish novels, including Trevallion, Kilgarthen and Roscarrock, as well as the Pengarron series. She is Cornish born and bred, and lives in Truro. Her favourite pastime is exploring Cornwall's coast and countryside, and historical places. She is married with a grown-up family.

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ISBN 13	9780727866196
ISBN 10	0727866192
Title	All in a Day
Author	Gloria Cook
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Canongate Books
Year published	2008-02-01
Number of pages	240
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