GEOG381 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
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Making a decision based on different factors that are often not really related to each other. Info from diff places that we wanna combine together to make some sort of decision. A company wants to make a decision on where to locate a store. Select a new location for some public facility. A real estate agent lets look everywhere and then bring in real estate. Combine diff data in order to make a decision. Score out the criteria we need to collect data. Made a map but we still need to. Make a decision which one will we pick the one we are going with. A couple parcels with things we can"t quantify. Raster cells that are highly suitable close together but not touching. Simpler the better you can make it more complex later. Motivate the team you"re working with resolve quickly. Time and money constraints in our case data. Expected results a single answer is often difficult.