Integration of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems: the R/TerraLib Case

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  • Pedro Ribeiro de Andrade Neto
  • Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro
  • Karla Donato Fook
چکیده

This work presents a panorama of GIS integration in Spatial Statistics environments. It highlights the current needs of communities considering such integration. Spatial Statistics is treated in a context focused on the use of computational tools. A review of types of integration is accomplished and a new approach is proposed integrating the statistical software R and the GIS library TerraLib.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005