Scale in spatial information and analysis. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jingxiong Zhang, Peter Atkinson, Michael Goodchild.
• Other Names: Zhang, Jingxiong, 1964-; Atkinson, Peter M; Goodchild, Michael F
• Contents: Introduction; Issue of Scale; Models of Scale; Scaling Up and Down; Book Chapters; ; Geographic Representations; Geo-Atoms; Geo-Fields; Geo-Objects; Hierarchical Data Structures ; Discussion; ; Geospatial Measurements; Framework for Spatial Sampling; Optical Remote Sensing and Resolution; Microwave Remote Sensing and Resolution; Discussion; ; Geostatistical Models of Scale; Geostatistical Fundamentals and Variograms; Variogram Regularization and Deregularization; Statistics for Determining Measurement Scales; Discussion; ; Lattice Data and Scale Models; Lattice Data; Spatial Autocorrelation and Its Measures; Local Models; Discussion; ; Geostatistical Methods for Scaling; Kriging; Indicator Approaches; Upscaling by Block Kriging; Downscaling by Area-to-Point Kriging; Geostatistical Inverse Modeling; Discussion; ; Methods for Scaling Gridded Data; Upscaling; Downscaling; Discussion; ; Multiscale Data Conflation; Multivariate Geostatistics; Image Fusion; Other Multiscale Methods; Discussion; ; Scale in Terrain Analysis; Digital Elevation Data and Their Scales; Terrain Derivatives; Models of Scale in Topography; Methods for Scaling Terrain Variables; Discussion; ; Scale in Area-Class Mapping; Area-Class Mapping ; Spatial Scales and Patterns in Area Classes; Scaling Area-Class Information; Discussion; ; Information Content; Information Theory; Information Content in Remotely Sensed Images; Image Resolution and Information Content; Information Content in Map Data; Discussion; ; Uncertainty Characterization; Accuracy Metrics and Assessment; Geostatistical Approaches to Validation; Analytical Approaches to Error Propagation; Geostatistical Simulation; Discussion; Epilogue ; References ; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (367 pages), (8 illustrations)
• Subjects: 910.285; Geospatial data; Geology -- Statistical methods; Spatial analysis (Statistics)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439829387; 1439829381
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