To divide a large set of spatial objects into a number of spatially contiguous regions while optimizing an objective function, which is normally a homogeneity (or heterogeneity) measure of the derived regions.
Questions tagged [regionalization]
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Difference between regionalization and image segmentation
Regionalization is a special form of clustering where spatial units are grouped together, based on a set of defined criteria (cluster homogeneity) and a set of contiguity or adjacency constraints.
Isn't this exactly the same thing that image…
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How to convert lat long into world region?
I have a list of lat/lon points in a kml file which I would like to group into world regions. How can I use the World Borders Dataset or some other dataset to generate a "region" tag for each point?
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Regionalization with variable weights
I am looking for regionalization software, that is, I want to cluster regions based on multivariate attribute data with the added constraint of spatial contiguity.
I have found various software for doing this including those listed on another GIS.se…
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