Poisson's Distribution

Have you heard of Poisson's distribution? This principle in statistics basically describes the probability of an event occurring given a certain dataset of said independent events. Enhanced by the power of GIS, Poisson's distribution can be used to determine the likelihood of a certain event in space given enough information of all events. This can be extremely helpful if you are trying to figure out if events on a map are randomly spatially distributed. What are the use cases? Maybe you are a real estate agent and are trying to figure out if a certain area is experiencing random activity or if there are underlying factors increasing/decreasing the amount of homes sold per square mile. Or maybe you are an ecologist trying to figure out if an animal you are tracking with a GPS collar is frequenting a certain area more than any other in statistically significant way. If you think the Poisson distribution can assist in unlocking insight to your data, feel free to contact us at Ceratopsian Consulting! For more information on the Poisson distribution, check out the Wikipedia article:

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