The QGIS Standard Deviational Ellipse Plugin
The QGIS Standard Deviational Ellipse plugin implements the
algorithms presented in “The Standard Deviational Ellipse;
An Updated Tool for Spatial Description”. Robert S. Yuill.
Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography.
Vol. 53, No. 1 (1971), pp. 28-39.
URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/490885
Functionality
- The QGIS Standard Deviational Ellipse plugin can be used to
investigate point patterns, showing a summary of the
distribution as an ellipse.
Options
- The user can specify if only selected features are to be used
(but if no features are selected, all features will be used)
- The user can select an attribute for weighting.
Implementation
The calculations of the standard deviational ellipse is performed
in a separate thread.
Versions
The current version is 1.0.
- 1.0: First official version.