Contents

• • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Getting started
    • Invoking gstat
    • Data formats
    • Default program action
    • Modelling spatial dependence
    • Prediction
    • Simulation
    • Linear models in gstat
  • Prediction modes and change of support
    • Modes
    • Multiple mode
    • Multivariable mode
    • Stratified mode
    • Change of support (block prediction)
  • Command file syntax
    • Commands
    • `data'
    • `variogram'
    • `set'
    • `method'
  • Further control
    • Start-up
    • Command line options
    • Random number generators
    • Special file names
    • Execute ( -e) actions
    • Compiling and installing gstat
  • Example command files
  • Equations
    • Spatial dependence
    • Prediction equations
    • Change of support: details
    • Latin hypercube sampling
  • Using polylines with gstat
    • Implementation aspects
    • Formats available for input
    • New keywords
    • Using point-in-polygon test
    • Using polylines with interpolation
    • Distance calculation with boundaries
  • Trouble shooting
    • Error messages
    • Strange results
    • The value of zero
    • Debug information
  • Grid map and data formats
    • PCRaster maps
    • Idrisi data and maps
    • ArcInfo/Arcview grid maps
      • asciigrid
      • floatgrid
    • ER-Mapper maps
    • GMT grid maps
    • Surfer grid maps
  • Copyright
  • Bibliography
  • Index