Meaning of pycnophylactic | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to a kind of areal interpolation that preserves density within defined regions.

not-comparable

Examples

“If intrazonal homogeneity cannot be maintained in cases where similar land⟳ uses lie⟳ in adjacent zones and dissimilar land⟳ uses lie⟳ within the same zone, then the pycnophylactic method may be favored.”

“Although the pycnophylactic method is arguably more appropriate for isopleth mapping than point-based interpolation methods, it must be emphasized that the method should only be used with continuous phenomenon.”

“We iterated the algorithm with 20 census variables (see⟳ Section 1.3.3) to obtain⟳ population density surfaces. In all cases, the pycnophylactic property [85] was verified by adding population density surface pixels and comparing them with their original values.”

CEFR level