Spatial intelligence with spatial statistics

With the advent of Web 2.0, new technologies for spatial data service, and demanding needs in spatial data sharing, and advanced analysis, both geographic information system and spatial statistics are facing challenges from different disciplines never met before. Due to their mutual beneficial roles in highlevel decision making, it's quite essential to make research on the integration of Web 2.0 based WebGIS with spatial statistics. Thus, to promote spatial intelligence, this study made an example of this integration by incorporating spatial cluster analysis seamlessly into China Geo-Explorer platform, a web-based platform for spatial & aspatial data integration and analysis. This integration made good use of benefits of WebGIS and spatial statistics, through data sharing, mapping and reporting, enabling spatial clusters identification with exploratory analysis and post-discovering knowledge from results of spatial pattern analysis. Some application scenario was introduced to demonstrate its great potential in spatial decision making.

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