Abstract
Many biogeographical properties must be entered into raster-based geographical information systems (GIS) as samples. For example, properties of vegetation such as biomass, species abundance and species distribution, and of soils such as organic content, must be sampled discretely and it is these sample data that are entered into and manipulated within the GIS. Kriging, an optimal technique for linear unbiased estimation, can be used to design an optimal strategy to sample the property of interest in the field and subsequently to map the property with
Keywords
Raster graphicsSampling (signal processing)Computer scienceInformation retrievalComputer graphics (images)Computer vision
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Peter M. Atkinson
(1996).
Optimal Sampling Strategies for Raster-Based Geographical Information Systems.
Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters
, 5
(4/5)
, 271-271.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2997795
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- 10.2307/2997795