GeoDa™0.9User’sGuideLucAnselinSpatialAnalysisLaboratoryDepartmentofAgriculturalandConsumerEconomicsUniversityofIllinois,Urbana-ChampaignUrbana,IL61801://©2003LucAnselin,AllRightsReservediiAcknowledgmentsThedevelopmentoftheGeoDa™softwareforgeodataanalysisanditsantecedentshasbeensupportedinpartbyresearchprojectsfundedbyavarietyofsources.MostrecentamongtheseareU.S.NationalScienceFoundationgrantBCS-9978058totheCenterforSpatiallyIntegratedSocialScience(CSISS).OtherfundingwasprovidedbyNSFgrantSBR-9410612,byagrantfromtheNationalConsortiumonViolenceResearch(NCOVRissupportedundergrantSBR-9513040fromNSF)andbyNSFgrantSES-8810917totheNationalCenterforGeographicInformationandAnalysis.ManythanksgotothestudentsintheFall2002classofACE492SA,SpatialAnalysis(DepartmentofAgriculturalandConsumerEconomics,UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign),forbeingsuchgoodsportsin“testing”anearlyversionofthesoftware.Commentsfromusers(toomanytolistindividually)aregreatlyappreciated.YanquiRenandWidodoBarokaprovidedresearchassistancetothedevelopmentofearlierversionsofthesoftware.GeoDa™isatrademarkofLucAnselin,AllRightsReserved.GeoDa™incorporateslicensedlibrariesfromESRI’sMapObjectsLT2.ESRI,ArcView,ArcGISandMapObjectsaretrademarksofEnvironmentalSystemsResearchInstitute.Othercompaniesandproductsmentionedhereinaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectivetrademarkowners.GeoDacontainscodederivedfrompubliclyavailableandlicensedsources.TheTablefunctionalityinGeoDaisderivedfromtheMFCGridControl2.24byChrisMauder().ThenearestneighborcalculationsarecompiledfromsourcecodecontainedintheANNCodebyDavidMountandSunilArya(seeAppendixBforacopyoftheLicenseAgreement).TheThiessenpolygoncodeisbasedonsourcecodebyYasuakiOishiobtainedfrom(~oihsi/src/voronoi/)anddescribedinY.OishiandK.Sugihara(1991).Numericallyrobustdivide-and-conqueralgorithmforconstructingVoronoidiagrams(inJapanese).TransactionsoftheInformationProcessingSocietyofJapan32(6),709-720.GeoDaProject:ProjectDirector:LucAnselinSoftwareDesignandDevelopment:LucAnselin,IbnuSyabriandOlegSmirnovResearchAssistance:YounghinKho,YongWookKimiiiTableofContentsIntroduction....................................................................................................................1GettingStarted................................................................................................................3Projectsetting......................................................................................................3Keyvariable........................................................................................................4MenuOverview..............................................................................................................6Generalfeatures...................................................................................................6Filemenu............................................................................................................6Projecttoolbar..........................................................................................7Editmenu............................................................................................................7EditNewMap.......................................................................................7EditDuplicateMap...............................................................................8EditAddLayer.....................................................................................9EditRemoveLayer...............................................................................9EditSelectVariable............................................................................10EditCopytoClipboard.......................................................................10Edittoolbar............................................................................................10Viewmenu........................................................................................................11ViewToolbar......................................................................................11ViewStatusBar..................................................................................11Toolsmenu........................................................................................................11ToolsWeights.....................................................................................12Weightstoolbar......................................................................................12ToolsShape........................................................................................12ToolsDataExport...............................................................................13Exploremenu....................................................................................................14Exploretoolbar....