Geographic Data Science

Space, formally
Dani Arribas-Bel

ESDA

Exploratory

Spatial

Data

Analysis

[Exploratory]

Focus on discovery and assumption-free investigation

[Spatial]

Patterns and processes that put space and geography at the core

[Data Analysis]

Statistical techniques

Questions that ESDA helps…

Answer

  • Is the variable I’m looking at concentrated over space? Do similar values tend to locate closeby?
  • Can I identify any particular areas where certain values are clustered?

Ask

  • What is behind this pattern? What could be generating the process?
  • Why do we observe certain clusters over space?

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