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Pattern analysis based on type, orientation, size, and shape.(Report)

Quantifying the pattern of geographically defined areas has proven useful in analyzing and understanding geographic processes. Pattern analyses most commonly used by geographers measure the spatial distribution of nonspatial variables at each point or in each area. The objective of this research is to develop and assess a pattern analysis for area-class maps that considers more than the nonspatial attributes when describing a spatial pattern. We examine whether similar geographic areas--similar with respect to attribute type and several geometric properties--exhibit particular spatial patterns (e.g., clustered, random, or dispersed). The additional attributes we include are orientation, ...

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