Thiessen polygons

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geospatial analysis method
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Voronoi_polygons
gptkbp:application spatial interpolation
estimating rainfall distribution
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1911
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thiessen polygons
gptkbp:input set of points
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alfred_H._Thiessen
gptkbp:output polygons around each point
gptkbp:property each polygon contains all locations closer to its point than to any other point
gptkbp:purpose divide space into regions closest to a set of points
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Voronoi_diagram
gptkbp:usedFor resource allocation
nearest neighbor analysis
weighting station data
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:GIS
geography
hydrology
meteorology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Voronoi_diagrams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6