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How to spatialy interpolate forest tree height , basal area data for certain species

I have ecological sample data collected from 5 locations. I have point shapefile with 5 points where samples were collected. I have joined tabular data with the point layer by duplicating the points ...
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Minimum number of samples for kriging interpolation

I get some data with number of specimens with a request to interpolate it using kriging method. After some investigation it appeared that kriging results (performed in ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst ...
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Interpolating Maps - Statistical Learning Techniques vs Spatial Statistics Techniques

I have recently begun experimenting with the inteprolation of variales over a whole country. I have good sized training set where I have several dependant variables (continuous and categorical) ...
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Spatio-temporal block kriging with R package gstat?

In the documentation of sp I saw that the coords argument of the SpatialPolygons function only accepts 2 columns. Is it not possible to create 3-dimensional polygons? I am doing spatio-temporal ...
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How to install sda4pp plugin with missing repository in QGIS

I see that the repository for the sda4pp plugin went down in 2011. Does anyone know if there is another way to download the plug-in with the repository missing? If this plug-in is no longer ...
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How to interpolate values sampled at regular time intervals?

I want to numerically integrate a set of discrete values that keep arriving at constant time intervals. Which interpolation method do I choose? how to reduce the ringing artifacts if I use cubic ...
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How can I generate and publish raster images?

I have several hundred groups of data points (in lat/lng format). I want to generate heat maps for each group using kriging or similar interpolations and then display the generated raster images on a ...
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Using ArcGIS to interpolate X, Y, Coordinates and ordinary kriging of point data

I have been using Geosoft's Target to interpolate X, Y coordinates then use them to create grids using ordinary kriging. I am now working with ArcGIS which I am new to and cant seem to be able to ...
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How to grid unevenly sampled categorical data?

I am looking for a method for gridding categorical data. I have extracted from nautical charts and field sheets a collection of points specifying the nature of the surface of the bottom of the ocean. ...
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Are special interpolation techniques required for weather data?

I've downloaded a series of weather observations from the local weather agency - it comprises around 1,000 points spread non-uniformly across Australia, with a greater density of points located near ...