topic How to find clusters/hotspots/density?! in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/how-to-find-clusters-hotspots-density/m-p/498131#M7112 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a simple place to start learning about mapping clusters and/or hotspots?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have national datasets of points for each type of business (eg communication, education etc).&nbsp; For each type of business i would like to highlight areas of high concentrations of them...ie areas where we can put new stores for each of these industry types to service them.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have been looking through 'The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis&nbsp; volume 2: spatial measurements &amp; statistics' which is great, but NOTHING tells me HOW TO DO IT.&nbsp; i see loads of images that i would like to create, but nothing telling me what tool to use or how to use it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For example on page 152 they show nearest neghbor hierarchical clustering...looks good, just no idea where to start.&nbsp; I can't find any tool called 'nearest neighbour hierarchy clusting'.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can't find anything on the ESRI site (including resources) to help me either. any links would be appreciated.&nbsp; I'm not a statistician so need simplicity if at all possible.&nbsp; <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_with_open_mouth:">😮</span></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>any ideas?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks for any help</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:52:07 GMT PaulaMcNamara 2010-12-15T01:52:07Z How to find clusters/hotspots/density?! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/how-to-find-clusters-hotspots-density/m-p/498131#M7112 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a simple place to start learning about mapping clusters and/or hotspots?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have national datasets of points for each type of business (eg communication, education etc).&nbsp; For each type of business i would like to highlight areas of high concentrations of them...ie areas where we can put new stores for each of these industry types to service them.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have been looking through 'The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis&nbsp; volume 2: spatial measurements &amp; statistics' which is great, but NOTHING tells me HOW TO DO IT.&nbsp; i see loads of images that i would like to create, but nothing telling me what tool to use or how to use it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For example on page 152 they show nearest neghbor hierarchical clustering...looks good, just no idea where to start.&nbsp; I can't find any tool called 'nearest neighbour hierarchy clusting'.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can't find anything on the ESRI site (including resources) to help me either. any links would be appreciated.&nbsp; I'm not a statistician so need simplicity if at all possible.&nbsp; <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_with_open_mouth:">😮</span></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>any ideas?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks for any help</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:52:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/how-to-find-clusters-hotspots-density/m-p/498131#M7112 PaulaMcNamara 2010-12-15T01:52:07Z Re: How to find clusters/hotspots/density?! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/how-to-find-clusters-hotspots-density/m-p/498132#M7113 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/video/geoprocessing/details?entryID=DF20FB70-1422-2418-7FA2-608F4C919A1C">http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/video/geoprocessing/details?entryID=DF20FB70-1422-2418-7FA2-608F4C919A1C</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would start here. Hope that helps.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:23:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/how-to-find-clusters-hotspots-density/m-p/498132#M7113 JonathanSinker1 2010-12-15T16:23:42Z