Scale in spatial information and analysis

Now ubiquitous in modern life, spatial data present great opportunities to transform many of the processes on which we base our everyday lives. However, not only do these data depend on the scale of measurement, but also handling these data (e.g., to make suitable maps) requires that we account for...

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Main Authors Zhang, Jingxiong, 1964- (Author), Atkinson, Peter (Author), Goodchild, Michael (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439829370
9781439829387
9781306567879
Physical Description1 online zdroj (362 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Geographic Representations; Chapter 3: Geospatial Measurements; Chapter 4: Geostatistical Models of Scale; Chapter 5: Lattice Data and Scale Models; Chapter 6: Geostatistical Methods for Scaling; Chapter 7: Methods for Scaling Gridded Data; Chapter 8: Multiscale Data Conflation; Chapter 9: Scale in Terrain Analysis; Chapter 10: Scale in Area-Class Mapping; Chapter 11: Information Content; Chapter 12: Uncertainty Characterization; Epilogue; References; Back Cover.