There is now widespread agreement that geographic identifiers (geocodes) should be
assigned to cancer records, but little agreement on their form and how they should be …

This paper provides a high‐level review of different approaches for spatial interpolation
using areal features. It groups these into those that use ancillary data to constrain or guide …

Among the many uses of hierarchical modeling, their application to the statistical analysis of
spatial and spatio-temporal data from areas such as epidemiology And environmental …

Authoritative and comprehensive, this is the leading text and professional resource on using
geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze and address public health problems. Basic …

Global positioning systems (GPSs) and geographical information systems (GISs) have been
widely used to collect and synthesize spatial data from a variety of sources. New advances …

1. Introduction In line with the current information revolution, geographers increasingly make
a distinction between the analysis of spatial data and spatial data analysis. While both types …

Dasymetric maps display statistical data in meaningful spatial zones. Such maps can be
preferable to choropleth maps that show data by enumeration zones, because dasymetric …

The modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) is a serious analytical issue for research using
spatial data. The MAUP manifests itself through the apparent instability of statistical results …

Abstract The Latin America and the Caribbean region is one of the most urbanized regions
in the world, with a total population of around 630 million that is expected to increase by …

Data on population at building level is required for various purposes. However, to protect
privacy, government population data is aggregated. Population estimates at finer scales can …