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Geostatistical Analyst‣A major challenge facing most GIS modelers is to generate the most accuratepossible surface.‣The deterministic methods (eg. IDW) weights the surrounding measured valuesto derive a prediction for each location.‣the weights are based only on the distance between the measured points‣However, the geostatistical methods that are based on statistical models theweights are based not only on the distance between the measured points <strong>and</strong>the prediction location but also on the overall <strong>spatial</strong> arrangement among themeasured points.‣To use the <strong>spatial</strong> arrangement in the weights, the <strong>spatial</strong> autocorrelationmust be quantified.92

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