MAUP

MAUP is an English acronym for modifiable areal unit problem and describes a potential source of error in spatial analyzes if they use aggregated data (Unwin, 1996). Different fields in human geography and landscape ecology are affected by this problem (Wu, 2007). It is related to the ecological fallacy ( ecological fallacy ), which incorrectly assumes spatially homogeneous data (Wu, 2007).

credentials

• Unwin, DJ (1996). "GIS, spatial analysis and spatial statistics." Progress in Human Geography. 20 : 540-551.
• Wu, J. (2007). Scale and scaling: a cross-disciplinary perspective. in Key topics of landscape ecology . Cambridge Univ. Press, ISBN 978-0-521-85094-0

Web links

• Dynamic Choropleth Map, interactive web tool from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW to illustrate the MAUP