Gregoire You might want to look at the works of Fritz Agterberg (Ontario, Canada) who has been researching potential "targets" for over 35 years. I do not have any recent references but a web search should be possible. Isobel http://www.kriging.com
--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Gregoire Dubois <gregoire.dub...@jrc.ec.europa.eu> wrote: From: Gregoire Dubois <gregoire.dub...@jrc.ec.europa.eu> Subject: AI-GEOSTATS: Interpolating mining presence only data To: ai-geostats@jrc.it Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 4:19 PM Hi everyone, Any suggestions about how to map probabilities to find undetected mining sites having only - A map of mining locations (presence only data) - A geological map - A DEM I’m aware of the work on mapping bird species (e.g. Olivier & Wotherspoon, 2006) but I suppose the situation is different here given the supposed spatial continuity in the mineral mined? Many thanks for any hints. Best regards Gregoire ------------------------------------------------ Grégoire Dubois (Ph.D.) Joint Research Centre - European Commission Global Environment Monitoring Unit Monitoring Of Natural resources for DEvelopment (MONDE) Via Fermi 2749, TP 440, I-21027 Ispra (VA), ITALY http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Tel : +39 0332 786360 Fax : +39 0332-789960 Email: gregoire.dub...@jrc.ec.europa.eu "The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission." (Disclaimer required under the terms and conditions of use of the internet and electronic mail from Commission equipment)"