A smart and flexible approach for aggregation of adjacent polygons to meet a minimum target area or attribute value

Abstract Many geospatial analyses require flexible aggregation of adjacent units to meet a minimum target area or attribute value. This is usually accomplished using several non-automated and complex GIS tasks. We developed an integrated user-friendly approach and algorithm implemented in the ‘GHS-S...

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Main Authors: Marcello Schiavina, Michele Melchiorri, Sérgio Freire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31253-z