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Geographic information systems (GIS) are computer-assisted systems for the acquisition, management, analysis, modelling and visualisation of spatial data. In recent years they have become an essential instrument for the geo- and environmental sciences. In this paper the different aspects of geometric, topologic and thematic modelling of spatial objects are described. The discussion of the diverse functions of GIS considers primarily statistical methods for spatial data. This stock-taking reveals considerable deficits, which can be reduced by a closer co-operation of statistics and geosciences.
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Streit, U. (1996). Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data in Geographic Information Systems. In: Bock, HH., Polasek, W. (eds) Data Analysis and Information Systems. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80098-6_18
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