Spatial Statistics

Map by John Snow for the epidomological study of a cluster of cholera cases in London in 1854

Spatial statistics describes a scientific working technique to investigate phenomena in geographical space on the basis of their topological, geometric or other geographical properties. It was originally formulated to distinguish it from regional studies , such as were previously used in plant geography in particular . Dietrich Bartels was one of her pioneers in German-speaking geography .

See also

• Spatial analysis
• geography
• Geographic information system
• Regional science

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert D. Sack: Chorology and Spatial Analysis . In: Annals of the Association of American Geographers . tape 64 , no. 3 , 1974, p. 439-452 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1467-8306.1974.tb00992.x .

literature

• Fotheringham, AS, C. Brunsdon, and M. Charlton: Quantitative Geography: Perspectives on Spatial Data Analysis. Legend. 2000.