Mach Nife wrote:
Hi,
I'm hunting for a software (freeware/openSource if
possible), that would help estimating the best
possible semivariogram curve in a non-interactive way.
As an example, ArcGis Geostatistical Analyst does a
pretty good job at this when we accept the defaults.
It does some automatic calculations for the parameters
of the selected model. I've tried Gstat "Fit" method
(in the command-line version), but the results aren't
what I expected. What I need is a command line
software or one that can be controlled by programming.
Any ideas?
Some. I did have a look at your data, and at the
ArcGIS fit window you sent me. Clearly, we do not
fully agree on what is to be considered a "good" job.
ArcGIS calculates semivariances up to the largest
distances present in your data set; afaik the general
recommendation is not to look further than half the
longest distance (compare acf computation in time
series); the gstat default is one third the diagonal
of the area spanned. Have you tried modifying any
of these defaults? Interval widths?
When looking at the fit, it seems that ArcGIS shows
a couple (4?) directional variograms in a single
plot, but apart from that, the sample variogram suggests
a linear model. It is obvious that fitting three parameters
(exponential model with nugget) to something that
tends to be linear will lead to problems -- an infinite
set of solutions, for instance. When you insist on
having an exponential model, you could for
instance force the range to a certain (large) value.
I suspect ArcGIS stops adjusting the range of the
exponential model when it exceeds the data extent
(Constantin, are you with us?), but should that be
considered good practice?
My experience with automatic, general-purpose
automatic variogram fitting are not very positive;
if it were, gstat would probably have such a function.
Are there other ai-geostats readers who have positive or
negative experiences with, or who routinely trust,
automatically fitted variograms? Which software?
Looking forward to a heated debate,
--
Edzer
machnife
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