Re: AI-GEOSTATS: global vs local ordinary kriging

2003-07-08 Thread Edzer J. Pebesma
Ulrich Leopold wrote: Dear list, What would you consider the most reliable ordinary kriging estimate? To use a local search neighbourhood (slightly bigger than the effective range) or set to global to include *all* data locations? Ulrich Depending on the strength of spatial correlaton and

Re: AI-GEOSTATS: global vs local ordinary kriging

2003-07-08 Thread Isobel Clark
Ulrich Depends how powerful your computer is, what algorithm you use to solve equations and how many data you have. Isobel http://geoecosse.bizland.com/0toKriging.htm Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get

Re: AI-GEOSTATS: global vs local ordinary kriging

2003-07-08 Thread Pierre Goovaerts
Hi Ulrich, It's not an easy question. First note that the search strategy includes not only the size of the search window but also the maximum number of observations. In may occasions, I set the search radius to a very large distance and use the number of observations as the controling parameter.