Abstract
The evolution of geographic information systems (GISs) and spatial statistics/econometrics is closely intertwined. A GIS furnishes the automated implementation of spatial statistical/econometrics techniques, and spatial statistics and spatial econometrics furnish conceptual and theoretical bases legitimizing many GIS tools. In other words, GISs and spatial statistics/econometrics are synergistic. Understanding this synergism requires an awareness of selected parts of the historical background of these subject areas, as well as an overview of the foundational spatial autocorrelation concept, both of which this article provides. Contemporary spatial statistics/econometrics transcends static analyses by also addressing analyses of geographic flows across space as well as space–time datasets, both of which this article reviews. Finally, applied methodological disciplines, such as spatial statistics and spatial econometrics, benefit tremendously by illustrating conceptualizations and applications with empirical examples, another feature of this article in terms of recent household relocation data for the Seoul, South Korea, metropolitan area. All mapping output appearing in this article was created with a GIS.
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