Effects of alternative point pattern geocoding procedures on first and second order statistical measures

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-141

  DeLuca, P F ^a   Kanaroglou, P S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clustering; K functions; Kernel Estimation; Postal code geocoding; SaTScan; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; ORTHOPHOTO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 48549099267     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2008.9635141     Document Type: Article

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