Category Archives: GIS Analysis

Geospatial Topology, the Basics

The concept of topology isn’t something that every spatially enabled person fully understands.  That is OK, because I too had to learn (and relearn) how spatial topology works over the years, especially early on back in the ArcView 3.X days. … Continue reading

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Blogs for Wannabe GIS Programmers (like me)

Anyone who knows me and works with me on a regular basis knows that I am not a developer.  I am a geographer who develops code for visualization and analysis applications that will hopefully work.  In our line of work … Continue reading

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Spatial Random Sample, Sample

Often, when performing spatial analysis, one may need to execute some type of sampling across space.  For example, one may need to sample locations across a geographically continuous surface (think soils, anything weather related, etc.).  A spatial random sample can … Continue reading

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GISDoctor Spatial Analysis Post Series

There once was a well know GIS blog post that compared geographic information systems to word processors.  No matter what you think about the post we will always need people who are skilled at “writing” and have something to “write” about. As … Continue reading

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One Million Points

I am working on a couple projects and I need to generate some random points across defined bounding boxes.  I have the basic code worked out in python and I am testing the results.  Just for kicks here is a … Continue reading

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Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Part 3 – More Basic Spatial SQL Scripts

The tutorial continues… If you haven’t already read the first three parts of this guide check out: Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Introduction Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Part 1 – Welcome to Spatial SQL Spatial SQL for … Continue reading

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2012 – The GISDoctor.com Year of Spatial Analysis

With GISDoctor.com entering its second year in a blog format I have some plans for the site that will hopefully keep readers interested and bring in new readers.  Here is what I am planning for 2012! Spatial Analysis - As a … Continue reading

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Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Part 2 – Basic Spatial SQL Scripts

The tutorial continues… If you haven’t already read the first two parts of this guide please read: Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Introduction Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Part 1 – Welcome to Spatial SQL The first two … Continue reading

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Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Part 1 – Welcome to Spatial SQL

Before we begin I would like to make it clear that learning all the capabilities and limitations of SQL Server and Spatial SQL cannot be covered in three short lessons.  If you believe you might need some more training please … Continue reading

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Spatial SQL for the Geographer – Introduction

During WhereCamp Boston one of the impromptu break-out sessions was on spatial SQL. In WhereCamp fashion the person who proposed the session was looking to learn more about spatial SQL and its many uses.  With about 20 people in the session … Continue reading

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