Recently I was putting together a short tutorial where the participants were going to use a suitability analysis approach to create a map. During the process I realised that I had not explained this process clearly so here is my short post about suitability analysis. Suitability mapping methods (also known as overlay or multi-criteria decision … Continue reading Suitability Analysis
Interpolation Methods for spatial data
Spatial Interpolation Methods For those of you new to interpolation methods. Interpolation is a procedure used to predict the values at locations that lack sampled points. It is based on the principle of spatial autocorrelation or spatial dependence (e.g. Tobler’s First Law of Geography), which measures degree of relationship or dependence between near and distant … Continue reading Interpolation Methods for spatial data