Lecture 7 Spatial Statistics and Spatial Data Measurements

Question 1

what are the two line distance measurements

Answer 1

Pythagorean theorem - for straight-line physical distance

Manhattan distance - city block distance

Question 2

Euclidean distance measurement is based on what theorem?

Answer 2

Pythagorean theorem. C2=A2+B2

Question 3

How is polygon perimeter measured? and how is each length of a segment computed?

Answer 3

polygon perimeter is measured by determining the length of each of the N line segments associated with a polygon
each length of a segment is computed using Pythagorean theorem