Statistical aspects of the application of Geographic Information Systems in Canadian environment statistics / Kirk E. Hamilton and Douglas F. Trant. : CS16-503/2E-PDF
"Geographic Information Systems (GIS) permit the environmental statistician to combine highly varied data within geographic units that are natural for environmental analysis. A GIS forms the core of the Statistics Canada Environmental Information System, which organizes spatial data, non-spatial data and a reference system to environmental databases. GIS provide the ability to input, edit, transform, analyze, manage, and output spatial data. The use of GIS raises several statistical issues: how to document data quality, means of assessing georeferencing error and errors arising from topological properties of the spatial units being analyzed, and concerns over statistical validity and the preservation of confidentiality when working with small geographic units. While complex to manage, GIS offer modes of analysis which were formerly impossible or prohibitively expensive; their use has permitted the rapid development of the Canadian Environmental Information System"--Abstract, p. 1.
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| Ministère/Organisme | Statistics Canada. National Accounts and Environment Division. |
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| Titre | Statistical aspects of the application of Geographic Information Systems in Canadian environment statistics / Kirk E. Hamilton and Douglas F. Trant. |
| Titre de la série | Discussion paper = Document de travail ; No. 2 |
| Type de publication | Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal |
| Langue | [Anglais] |
| Format | Électronique |
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| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada]. Includes bibliographic references. Prefatory material in English and French. |
| Information sur la publication | [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada, 1989. |
| Auteur / Contributeur | Hamilton, Kirk,1951- Trant, Douglas F. |
| Description | 13 p. |
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| Numéro de catalogue du ministère | 16-503E |
| Descripteurs | Geographic information systems Statistical analysis Environment |
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