Abstract
Observed values or properties can be spatially referenced to a single point or, in GRASS terminology, a site. Site data represent either a discrete feature at a given scale, such as a city, an archaeological site or a hospital, or they are discrete samples of continuous fields such as data from climatic stations, measured elevation points, or bore-hole data. GRASS provides tools for management and analysis of sites map layers, as well as their transformation to vector or raster data. If the site data represent a continuous field, transformation to raster representation of this field is performed by spatial interpolation.
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(2005). Working with Site Data. In: Open Source GIS: A Grass GIS Approach. The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 773. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-8065-4_7
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