Scale in Spatial Information and Analysis

by Jingxiong Zhang, Michael F. Goodchild, Peter Atkinson

Book Overview

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 the scale of measurement explicitly. Scale in Spatial Information and Analysis describes the scales of measurement and scales of spatial variation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138075361
• ISBN13: 9781138075368
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 368 Pages