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Evaluating Tobler's Migration Vector Fields
Author(s) -
Clark W. A. V.,
KoloutsouVakakis Sotiria
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1992.tb00255.x
Subject(s) - strengths and weaknesses , generalization , economic geography , theme (computing) , presentation (obstetrics) , human migration , regional science , field (mathematics) , geography , data science , computer science , sociology , population , epistemology , mathematics , operating system , medicine , philosophy , pure mathematics , radiology , demography
In the past decade Tobler has provided an innovative cartographic presentation of migration flows. The central theme of this research has been to utilize detailed migration data to reveal the underlying structures of migration flows. Even though the analyses are not explanatory models of migration exchanges, the application of these techniques to migration flows over time and across different spatial scales provides a visual generalization of often extremely complex flows. The application of his techniques at two spatial scales for the Netherlands illustrates both the strengths and weaknesses of migration force fields for the analysis of migration.