ROTATIONAL AND PARALLEL TRAVERSES IN THE RAPID INTEGRATION OF GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.

In this article, the author expresses his views on rotational and parallel traverses in the rapid integration of geographic areas. In an interesting report, James P.Latham has drawn attention to the possibilities of high-speed electronic scanning equipment in the rapid integration of irregular geogr...

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Publicado en:Annals of the Association of American Geographers Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 406 - 411
Autores principales: Haggett, Peter, Board, Christopher
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep64
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Sumario:In this article, the author expresses his views on rotational and parallel traverses in the rapid integration of geographic areas. In an interesting report, James P.Latham has drawn attention to the possibilities of high-speed electronic scanning equipment in the rapid integration of irregular geographical areas. The basis of the traverse method is that the sum of intercepts along a traverse line is used to estimate the proportion of the total area occupied by the phenomena being intercepted. Results obtained from the simulated traverses confirm the findings of Latham's important paper on the general utility that one expects to find from rapid scanning of geographic patterns.