Spatial Analysis Methods of Raster Data Used into the Geographical Information Systems

Abstract

The most important feature of a GIS is its ability to perform spatial analysis, ie to process spatial (geographical) data in order to obtain information (reports) regarding the studied area. Through this feature of spatial analysis the GIS software differs to other software, such as CAD. The spatial analysis is the process of modeling, examination and interpretation of model results. Following the spatial analysis it can be extracted or created new information about a set of geographic data. This paper aims to treat two methods of raster spatial analysis, namely the raster spatial analysis and map algebra functions and the spatial analysis based on some statistical analysis: local, neighborhood, regional and global.