GEO 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Voronoi Diagram, Analytic Continuation
6 Apr 2016
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3 definition of model in geography: noun the model of the city, demonstrate the hotelling model to demonstrate the importance of competition, ideal ideal market boundaries between centres. An idealized representation of the real world in order to demonstrate some of its properties: simplification of the world to illustrate some things/ parts of the world. A part of the story (cid:1) (cid:1) Points where you might consider future locations. Within the polygon, all houses in the polygon would get info from the nearest weather station. Spatial monopoly: once polygon is established the station monopolizes that area"s weather info (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Competitive boundary: based on gravity model, the line is pulled to the less popular. Ethnicity: culture, birth place, mother tongue, race. Mobility: different areas have different levels of mobility. Other considerations: bounding a spatial market, data sources on market. Why do we need to know this: public sector may want to know this, where to provide public services.
