[R-sig-Geo] Spatial categories for risk data.

[ONKELINX, Thierry]

Dear Arthur,

I have not seen any responses, therefore I will have a go.

I would start to interpolate the continuous risk score using kriging
(e.g. krige in the gstat package). This will give you a continuous map.
Then you could categorise that map. Kriging requires that you have only
one value per location. In case of overlapping persons you could move
then slightly in a random fashion.

Kriging will not guarantee that the lines are somewhat straight. If you
insist on that, then I would rather use a linear model on the risk score
usin the coordinates as covariates.
 
HTH,

Thierry

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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] Namens HINTERMEISTER,
ARTHUR W. (Artie)
Verzonden: donderdag 10 december 2009 17:08
Aan: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
Onderwerp: [R-sig-Geo] Spatial categories for risk data.

Hello,



I currently have a map that looks something like this:



-----------------------------------------

|   x           x    o   x    o     x   |

|  x     x         x       x     a o  a |

|      a       x       o      o    x    |

|  x      x       o      o     o     a  |

|  x  x      x      o       a   o   a  o|

|  x     x     o   x  o   x   a  a    a |

| x   x    o      o     a   a      a    |

-----------------------------------------

    

x = low risk

o = moderate risk

a = high risk



Each letter represents a person, and the entire map represents a state.
Each person's "risk score" is a continuous numeric value, but I have
categorized it into low, moderate, and high for visual simplicity. What
I'm hoping to do is draw lines that will divide out the categories. The
lines do not have to necessarily be straight, but I would like them to
be simple enough. I figure that I would have to account for any
overlapping or outlying persons. This is my initial idea of how the map
would turn out:



-----------------------------------------

|                  /             /      |

|                 /             /       |

|      x         /     o       /    a   |

|               /             /         |

|              /             /          |

|             /             /           |

|            /             /            |

-----------------------------------------    



I have downloaded and installed GRASS and R, but I am not sure what type
of spatial method or analysis to use. Could someone please offer me
advice on how to get started with this project? Thanks so much!





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Arthur Hintermeister

ahintermeister at amica.com <mailto:ahintermeister at amica.com> 






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