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A Technical Note On Spatial Aggregation For Independent Cities And Counties In Virginia, Jing Chen Aug 2017

A Technical Note On Spatial Aggregation For Independent Cities And Counties In Virginia, Jing Chen

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This document provides an overview of two approaches to treat Virginia’s independent cities in county-level data sets. Then, issues of spatial aggregation and geographical division change are introduced respectively. A Python function for spatial aggregation is also provided. Although this document focuses on independent cities and counties in Virginia, it can be extended into other regions for spatial aggregation.