Book Chapter Review of "Spatial Analysis and GIS"

INTRODUCTION

Today I'll be reviewing some book titled "Spatial Analysis and GIS" written by Morton E. O'Kelly. This book discusses the potential relationship between aspects of spatial analysis and the latest data display techniques available in GIS. GIS is considered a creative tool today that can provide a better understanding of the nature of spatial systems, especially in location analysis. 

I chose this book because I saw an effort described by the author to make improvements in the field of spatial analysis by utilizing current technology. I really look forward to the discussion that will be explained by the author about how the relationship between traditional methods and modern technology is realized and what obstacles will be encountered later.

SUMMARY

This book explains many things such as the problems experienced by experts in researching using spatial analysis. This book discusses that there are opportunities for spatial analysts to promote the spread of spatial analysis methods to the GIS community, but experts have not been able to operationalize the role of space and time in simpler models, while many other models have not been tested. 

It is also explained that the problems faced by analysts are methods for recognizing clusters and groups in a specified set of space and time. A method is needed that can observe many groups so that the sum of the squared deviations from the cluster average is as small as possible. 

In this book, the author provides a model that he has observed which discusses the repeated reassignment of observations into clusters. The author states that there is something that must be done to be able to demonstrate the existing graphical capabilities of GIS. The author hopes that the emergence of digital databases can revive conventional spatial studies when matched with very large data sets and for efficient computational geometry routines. But to realize this, there are many problems that analysts will face.

ANALYSIS

This book discusses the relationship between spatial analysis and GIS which have a great chance of success if combined, but there are some problems that must be faced beforehand. The author wrote the book very efficiently but also critically. He explains many opportunities for success but is also accompanied by many critical problems that the author thinks about which he explains in the book very clearly. This makes the reader's feelings even more confused, whether there is a chance for conventional and current methods to combine. But as you read, the reader will find clear results.

PERSONAL OPINION

I found that the book "Spatial Analysis and GIS" provides a very detailed view of what spatial analysis is and how it relates to GIS. This book is discussed very critically so that I also became aware of the problems that are happening. But maybe for lay readers who are less knowledgeable about this topic will be confused because the explanations are not summarized in easy-to-understand words.

RECOMMENDATION

I highly recommend this book for researchers, experts, students who are involved in the field of geography. This book can provide a clear understanding of spatial analysis and GIS. I do not really recommend this book for laypeople because the language is difficult to understand.