Hi ChenLiang,

Thanks for taking the next step to flush this out.

As a whole:
- naming and basic interface seems consistent with existing conventions.
- names are descriptive.
- references to the literature is provided.
- functionality is complementary to the library.

What is not clear to me is:
- Does this function require PostGIS to also be installed?  If yes, it
would be better if we disable the function if PostGIS is not present rather
than introduce PostGIS as a dependency.  (Similar to what we do with our
requirement on the xml module with our PMML export functionality).
- What are the exact datatypes in the function definition for
regression_location and prediction_location?
- In the description it describes regression_location as "The length of
regression_location must be equal to the length of source_table", which
signals to me that it is likely intended to be a column of the source
table?  If not then how is this length represented?
- You didn't mark regression_location as (optional).  Due to the way
Postgres functions work all optional arguments must come after all required
arguments, so having a non-optional argument in the middle of the optional
list must be avoided.
- I haven't read through the literature, but it is not immediately clear to
me why prediction_location is a parameter to gwregr_train() rather than
gwregr_predict().  Can you provide a brief description to the way that
prediction_location is used in the model and its relationship to training
and prediction.

Regards,
  Caleb

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