Spatial Analysis Using Big Data

Chapter One

Introduction

Yoshiki Yamagata ¹ , and Hajime Seya ^{2       1} Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan      ² Departments of Civil Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Abstract

Section 1.1 of this chapter introduces the definition of spatial data as the realizations of spatial processes. Three types of spatial data—geostatistical data, lattice data, and spatial point patterns—are defined there. Section 1.2 explains the characteristics of spatial data—spatial autocorrelation (subsection 1.2.1) and spatial heterogeneity (subsection 1.2.2).

Keywords

spatial autocorrelation; spatial data; spatial heterogeneity; spatial process

1. 1.1 The definition ...