Planning Analysis - Spatial Analysis

These flashcards cover the essential vocabulary and concepts from the lecture on spatial analysis.

Spatial Analysis

The process of examining geographic data to understand trends, patterns, and relationships between features across space.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Framework for gathering, managing, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data.

Coordinates System

A framework that defines real-world locations through precise coordinates, ensuring spatial data layers align correctly.

Vector Dataset

Represents real-world features as points, lines, and polygons.

Raster Dataset

Represents the world as a surface divided into a grid of cells, where each cell contains a value representing information.

Geocoding

The process of converting addresses into geographic coordinates.

Georeferencing

The alignment of spatial raster data to a real-world coordinate system.

Projected Coordinate System

Converts the Earth’s spherical surface to a two-dimensional map using X, Y coordinates.

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

A global map projection system that divides the world into 60 zones for reliable distance and area calculations.

Hotspot Analysis

Identifies spatial clusters of occurrences within geographic data.