[R-sig-Geo] Impact of ArcGIS 8.3 beta's new spatial statistical functions in its Spatial Analyst Extension

[Edzer Pebesma]

Of course ESRI is trying to cover a wider field, as it has always done. 
Quite a few versions ago they started with a geostatistical analyst, 
which is used by many, but hasn't led to a decrease of interest in using 
R for geostatistical purposes, is my impression. It has some very nice 
features, misses many others, and is not extendible.
--
Edzer

Hisaji ONO wrote:
> Hi.
>
>  What do you think about ArcGIS 8.3's new statistical
> functions(Calculation of spatial or network, GWR,
> Global/Local Moran, Gi etc.) in its Spatial Analyst
> Extension described in
> http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/pdf/Whats_New_In_ArcGIS_93.pdf?
>
>  Current R's spdep's and spgwr's and others' end users
> will loose interests of them and go to use ESRI's apart
> from R's?
>
>  And will decrease activities of developments of
> (geo)spatial data analysis tools in R?
>
>
>
>  Regards.
>
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Edzer Pebesma
Institute for Geoinformatics (IfGI)
University of Münster
http://ifgi.uni-muenster.de/