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Hands-On Geospatial Analysis with R and QGIS
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Hands-On Geospatial Analysis with R and QGIS

by Shammunul Islam
November 2018
Beginner to intermediate
354 pages
6h 59m
English
Packt Publishing
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Introduction to point pattern analysis

Point pattern data is similar to point data under vector data, which we have already covered. A point pattern dataset gives the location of objects or events of concern in a defined study region. Let's learn some of the terminologies used in point pattern analysis first:

  • Points: Points are locations in a coordinate system.
  • Events: If we have data or an observation in a point, we call this an event. These events could represent any spatial objects, such as the location of a crime, a case of disease, a landslide location, or a cell inside the human body. These points are normally in a 2D plane, but they could also be in a 3D plane.
  • Marks: Marks are another important concept; a mark is simply the attribute ...
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