You can also export mapped results as shapefiles that can be imported into a GIS program to layer with other data. ClusterSeer does not re-export data you brought in to the system, only data that result from analyses in the software.
See the table below to learn what types of information can be exported from which of the methods. For those methods that produce no mapped results (such as many global clustering methods) the only way to export the map is as an image.
Choose "Export" from the "File" menu.
Select "Map" and choose "Shapefile" format.
Specify the coordinate system you want to use. This option is only available if you brought in geographic data (latitude-longitude decimal degrees). Otherwise, the results will be saved out in the same planar projection of your original dataset.
If you wish, you can change the default name of the file and where it will be saved. You must use a different name than your original data if you do not intend to overwrite it. Then hit "Save as."
You can then open these files in any software program that accepts shapefiles.
|
Mapped results |
Methods |
Exported |
|
Circular cluster outlines |
Besag & Newell’s, Kulldorff’s Scan, Local G, Turnbull’s |
Shapefile containing circular polygons that describe the cluster extent |
|
New variables for areas/polygons |
Local Moran |
A new polygon shapefile with the single variable you chose to import and the new variables as added columns. Do not overwrite your original dataset, as you will lose any other columns from that file. |
|
Space-time interaction lines between point locations |
Direction, Knox’s |
Shapefile containing lines that connect point locations (one set of lines for Direction, three types for Knox) |
|
No mapped results (map only shows original data) |
All other spatial, space-time, and surveillance methods |
No data exported You can export a bitmap image of the mapped data. |