GIS and spatial data analysis: Converging perspectives

Michael F. Goodchild; Robert P. Haining

doi:10.1007/s10110-003-0190-y

GIS and spatial data analysis: Converging perspectives

Michael F. Goodchild, Robert P. Haining

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Abstract

This article identifies some of the important developments in GIS and spatial data analysis since the early 1950s. Although GIS and spatial data analysis started out as two more or less separate areas of research and application, they have grown closer together over time. We argue that the two areas meet in the field of geographic information science, with each supporting and adding value to the other. The article starts off providing a critical retrospective of developments over the past 50 years. Subsequently, we reflect on current challenges and speculate about the future. Finally, we comment on the potential for convergence of developments in GIS and spatial data analysis under the rubric of geographic information science (GIScience).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	363-385
Number of pages	23
Journal	Papers in Regional Science
Volume	83
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10110-003-0190-y
State	Published - Jan 1 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

GIS
Geostatistics
Point processes
Spatial data analysis
Spatial modelling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

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