Part 1 - Applying Map Analysis to Site-Specific Management

Spatial Interpolation (Spatial variability)


*…the geo-registered soil*

*samples form a pattern of*
*“spikes” throughout the*

*field. Spatial Interpolation*
*is similar to throwing a*

*blanket over the spikes that*

*conforms to the pattern.*


*…all interpolation algorithms assume that*

*1) “nearby things are more alike than***
*distant things” (spatial autocorrelation),***

*2) appropriate* *sampling intensity, and 3)***
*suitable* *sampling pattern*.

*…the continuous surfaces produced “map*
*the spatial variation in the data samples.*

(Berry)