Table 1 Changes of support Gotway and Young (2002, p. 634)
We observe or analyze | But the nature of the process is | Examples |
|---|---|---|
Point | Point | Point kriging; prediction of undersampled variables |
Area | Point | Ecological inference; quadrat counts |
Point | Line | Contouring |
Point | Area | Use of areal centroids; spatial smoothing; block kriging |
Area | Area | The modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP); areal interpolation; incompatible or misaligned zones |
Point | Surface | Trend surface analysis; environmental monitoring; exposure assessment |
Area | Surface | Remote sensing; multiresolution images; image analysis |