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Lesson 2 Lecture 1
Spatial is Special
Geography depends on spatial thinking and spatial relationships Toblers First Law of Geography:
Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things
Spatial is Special
Spatial-autocorrelation
Measures the degree of similarity between observations located near each other
For example
Airports collect business dudes who use bluetooth headsets and drink massive lattes
Total Population
998 2000 2250 3500 1200 1400 65 16450 52510 1459
Average Age
26 65 44 36 31 43 33 51 44 41
Average Income
48000 32000 72000 12000 22500 66000 92000 35000 49000 61000
# of SUVs
County
72 Hatchback 48 Dialupia
State
Wholefood Wholefood Traderjo Wholefood Traderjo Wholefood Wholefood Traderjo Traderjo Traderjo
750 Sriracha 700 Muffintown 461 Fixieplaid 400 Burb-on-Burb 59 Bluetooth Village 1950 Pabsto 8912 University Collegeville 398 Kingo
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