Dasymetric Mapping
Dasymetric mapping is a cartographic and areal-interpolation technique that redistributes data reported for arbitrary administrative zones — such as census counts — onto more meaningful boundaries derived from ancillary information about where the phenomenon actually occurs. Instead of pretending population is spread evenly across a census tract, it uses land cover or land use to push people into the residential parts and out of lakes, parks, and industry, producing a far more realistic population surface while preserving each zone's reported total.
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- Mennis, J. (2003). Generating surface models of population using dasymetric mapping. The Professional Geographer, 55(1), 31–42. · DOI 10.1111/0033-0124.10042
- Kraak, M.-J., & Ormeling, F. J. (2010). Cartography: Visualization of Geospatial Data (3rd ed.). Prentice Hall. · ISBN 9780273722793
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