... LLC 114 GIS- based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences The ordinary GIS software provides many basic tools for spatial analysis(for example, “Spatial Analysts” in ArcGIS). However, ... Analysis(Abstract), the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,New Orleans, 20 03. Okabe, A. and Yoshikawa, T., SAINF: A toolbox for analyzing the effect of point-like,line-like and polygon-like ... GIS- based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences “Global spatial analysis” (Section 3. 1) deals with the characteristics of the whole space, while “Local spatial analysis” (Section 3. 2)...