GEOINPOLY: Stata module to match geographic locations to shapefile polygons

Robert Picard

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: -geoinpoly- finds, for geographic locations in memory, polygons from a shapefile that spatially overlay the points. This is a point-in-polygon operation, also known as a spatial join in GIS (geographic information system) terminology.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 11
Keywords: GIS; spatial join; point in polygon; loxodrome; rhumb line (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-05-16, Revised 2015-08-16
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install geoinpoly". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/g/geoinpoly_examples.ado program code (text/plain)

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