Definition: Areal interpolation

Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems

The transfer of an attribute from one set of reporting zones to another, incompatible, set of zones; for instance, the estimation of population totals for ecological regions based on a GIS data set of population by district. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Handbook_Geo_Infrastr_Supp_Census_Activ.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009
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