TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in Spatial Statistics
AU - Nelson, Trisalyn A.
N1 - Funding Information:
∗Sincere thanks to all of the spatial analysis leaders who responded to the survey. To Dr. Art Getis, I would like to express gratitude for feedback on the survey and list of leaders and for thoughtful discussions as I was developing the first draft of this article. Thanks also go to Rob Feick for his insights on the field of spatial decision support. Thank you to Dr. Peter Haggett for his teleconference at the University of Victoria in 2008 and for permission to use Figure 1, reproduced by Nick Gralewicz. Thanks to Karen Laberee for editorial support. Financial support was provided by Canada’s National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - With many leading spatial analysts nearing retirement, reflection on the discipline becomes beneficial. To capture some of their collective perspective, fifty-eight researchers were surveyed on key spatial analysis developments, future challenges, and essential readings for newcomers. Geographic information systems (GIS), new data sources, improved understanding of spatial autocorrelation, spatially local methods, and the spread of spatial analysis beyond geography featured prominently among the twenty-four respondents. Future challenges included overcoming methodological limitations and retaining spatial analysis within geography. Twelve books highlighted by respondents are also summarized. Finally, a synthesis and some thoughts based on survey results are presented.
AB - With many leading spatial analysts nearing retirement, reflection on the discipline becomes beneficial. To capture some of their collective perspective, fifty-eight researchers were surveyed on key spatial analysis developments, future challenges, and essential readings for newcomers. Geographic information systems (GIS), new data sources, improved understanding of spatial autocorrelation, spatially local methods, and the spread of spatial analysis beyond geography featured prominently among the twenty-four respondents. Future challenges included overcoming methodological limitations and retaining spatial analysis within geography. Twelve books highlighted by respondents are also summarized. Finally, a synthesis and some thoughts based on survey results are presented.
KW - GIS
KW - local measures
KW - quantitative revolution
KW - spatial autocorrelation
KW - trends in geography
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U2 - 10.1080/00330124.2011.578540
DO - 10.1080/00330124.2011.578540
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861155891
SN - 0033-0124
VL - 64
SP - 83
EP - 94
JO - Professional Geographer
JF - Professional Geographer
IS - 1
ER -