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Abstract
This map displays a geographic information system-based spatial analysis representing coastal land use in the island of Gran Canaria. It presents a method of summarizing coastal patterns of land use/cover into arc/sectors of a graph, setting up spatial units of analysis based on compass directions suitable to organize, analyse and depict spatial data. The method allows the easy detection of patterns and visualization of similarities between two or more sets of coastal land use/cover data. This paper outlines the methods used in designing the map.
Acknowledgements
Financial support for this research from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology is greatly acknowledged (Grant: SFRH/BD/69396/2010). The author would also like to express his sincere gratitude to Professors Javier Gutiérrez Puebla, Patrick J. Kennelly and Félix Angel González Peñaloza, for their valuable suggestions on the previous drafts of this map.