CF5-5 - Metrical relationships: distance and direction
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Author and Citation Info:
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Metrical relationships: distance and direction. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Describe geographic phenomena in terms of their distances and directions (in space and time)
Define the principle of friction of distance and geographic models that are based on it (e.g., gravity models, spatial interaction models)
Identify situations in which Tobler’s first law of geography does not apply
Explain why Tobler’s first law of geography is fundamental to many operations in GIS and whether it should be
Identify situations in which Tobler’s first law of geography is valuable
Use methods that analyze metrical relationships
Define spatial autocorrelation in the context of geographic proximity
This Topic has been deleted in future versions of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Metrical relationships: distance and direction. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).