concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: spatial dependence

geographic information systems
type: Concept
narrower: spatial dependence

spatial dependence
type: Concept
broader: geographic information systems
definition: Spatial dependence is a characteristic of the distribution of geographic data, that is, data where the location of observations is explicitly taken into account. It combines the notion of attribute similarity with that of locational similarity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Geography; Spatial Dependence]