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That's a very broad statement and not one I can agree with - some of the processes I've encountered have been very complex - in fact in certain situations the d
by Boothroid 9y ago
That's a very broad statement and not one I can agree with - some of the processes I've encountered have been very complex - in fact in certain situations the dynamics of a problem can be so complex that they defy conventional analysis. The field of Spatial Decision Support Systems arose in order to address these type of poorly structured spatial questions. Plenty of literature out there, not so trendy these days though.
- dagw 9y agoI'll admit I was being slightly factious and open data is making everything much easier these days. But geospatial analysis is mostly just math with a bit of programming while data collection often involves trying to deal with county and state level employees operating with a very high power Someone Else's Problem field and then trying to explain that scanned photocopies of old maps is not quite what I was expecting when they said that they had all their maps 'digitized' :) But I'm the sort of person that much prefers dealing with math to dealing with people.