Using local statistics for boundary characterization

GeoJournal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-345

  Boots, Barry ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Choropleth maps; Exploratory spatial data analysis; Local spatial statistics; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; MAPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035759556     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020106528639     Document Type: Article

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