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REPRESENTING THE SOCIOECONOMIC WORLD
Author(s) -
Martin David
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1991.tb01735.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , raster graphics , range (aeronautics) , geographic information system , geography , computer science , econometrics , cartography , mathematics , engineering , sociology , artificial intelligence , population , demography , aerospace engineering
This paper considers the potential of geographic information systems as a tool for the analysis of the socioeconomic environment. To obtain the maximum benefit from saptial data, it is necessary to find a structure which allows analysis to a wide range of scales, and this is a severed limitation to conventional vector‐based systems. Raster models may be constructed that overcome many of these difficulties. This approach serves to illustrate a number of ways in which GIS can be used as a basis for spatial statistics and modeling of socioeconomic phenomena.