Cellular Geography
Captain Ahab, in the film version of "Moby Dick," searches for the white whale with the aid of a geographical map on which are noted sighting-frequencies within 5-degree cells bounded by lines of latitude and longitude. The written version of the story, dating from circa 1830, does not con...
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WP-75-100
1975
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| Online Access: | http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/328/ http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/328/1/WP-75-100.pdf |
| Summary: | Captain Ahab, in the film version of "Moby Dick," searches for the white whale with the aid of a geographical map on which are noted sighting-frequencies within 5-degree cells bounded by lines of latitude and longitude. The written version of the story, dating from circa 1830, does not contain this scene, but the technique of recording geographical data in this fashion is increasingly popular today. One of the motivations for the use of such partitionings is their "objectivity." It is also asserted that there are advantages for analysis purposes over the irregular spatial polygons defined by political jurisdictions. |
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