topic Choosing a kriging method and deciding on transformations in Spatial Statistics Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/choosing-a-kriging-method-and-deciding-on/m-p/582331#M1871 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am looking to create surface maps of ski resort attributes to visualize areas of the country where variation in these attributes occur.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Attributes are:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Ticket Price</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of beginner slopes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of intermediate slopes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of advanced slopes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Annual average snowfall</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of artificial snow creation</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Total lifts</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Total terrain</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Total trails</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Vertical Drop (elevation)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have been reading over using geostatistical analyst for creating surfaces, and I am looking for advice on a few details.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>First of all, when should I worry about having a normal distribution of data for transformation (apart from simple kriging)?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Related, which kriging method would be best suited for this kind of data?&nbsp; Should I always look for normal distrubtion and trend removals regardless of kriging method?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:29:51 GMT KevinYanuk 2013-04-18T17:29:51Z Choosing a kriging method and deciding on transformations https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/choosing-a-kriging-method-and-deciding-on/m-p/582331#M1871 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am looking to create surface maps of ski resort attributes to visualize areas of the country where variation in these attributes occur.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Attributes are:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Ticket Price</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of beginner slopes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of intermediate slopes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of advanced slopes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Annual average snowfall</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Percentage of artificial snow creation</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Total lifts</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Total terrain</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Total trails</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Vertical Drop (elevation)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have been reading over using geostatistical analyst for creating surfaces, and I am looking for advice on a few details.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>First of all, when should I worry about having a normal distribution of data for transformation (apart from simple kriging)?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Related, which kriging method would be best suited for this kind of data?&nbsp; Should I always look for normal distrubtion and trend removals regardless of kriging method?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:29:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/choosing-a-kriging-method-and-deciding-on/m-p/582331#M1871 KevinYanuk 2013-04-18T17:29:51Z