Talk:Suitability analysis

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Conflict of Interest
Is this a discussion of the science or an advertisement? A quick Google search shows the author is the product manager for Signature Analyst. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.16.248.2 (talk) 16:45, 30 June 2009
 * Good catch. The convenient link to Signature Analyst was added by User:Peter.borissow when he created the article. Interestingly enough the Vice President of Products at GeoEye is also named Peter Borissow. Quite a coincedence! I have removed both external links to products from the article. It's a shame it took almost two years for someone to notice. If anyone reading this sees such obvious external link pushing on article, feel free to be WP:BOLD and remove it yourself. Thanks for bringing it up. Cheers,  Dubious Irony  yell  21:54, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I conducted some more research to make sure this user didn't add links to the products he sells to other articles. After reviewing Peter.borissow's contributions, in my opinion this was a good faith edit. The user's edit history seems to be productive, mostly contributing new information about articles in his field. 1 2 3. I bring this up in case anyone decides to AfD this sucker because it was written by a person with a WP:COI. I think the author is a good contributor and was just trying to add info he's familiar with. Cheers,  Dubious Irony  yell  22:01, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

SabrinaRoseLee (talk) 22:58, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Suitability Analysis is not just GIS based
The word suitability has multiple contexts, and the analysis of suitability is more than just GIS based. Need elaboration here.--74.107.74.39 (talk) 01:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I like the changes you've made. I'm not familiar with suitability analysis at all so I'm afraid I'm not much help. What other fields does the term apply to that could be included in the article?  Dubious Irony  yell  02:13, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Possible References to Add
References to possibly add, however I will disclaim that they are primarily GIS based. These do provide critique and acknowledge the weaknesses regarding the reliance on GIS.

Jankowski, Piotr, and L. Richard. "Integration of GIS-based suitability analysis and multicriteria evaluation in a spatial decision support system for route selection." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 21.3 (1994): 323-340.

Malczewski, Jacek. "GIS-based land-use suitability analysis: a critical overview." Progress in planning 62.1 (2004): 3-65. Suitability analysis for enhancing wildlife habitat in the Yolo Basin Jones & Stokes Associates.; Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture.; California Wetlands Foundation.1994

Wutthigrai Boonsuk ; Chris Harding; Possibility space for GIS suitability analysis. Proc. SPIE 9017, Visualization and Data Analysis 2014, 90170R (December 23, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2040165. SabrinaRoseLee (talk) 22:59, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

More Sources
I am planning to expand on this article as part of a course assignment. Here are some sources I was planning to consult in doing this and I would welcome any input anyone has to offer.

Banai-Kashani, R. (1989). A new method for site suitability analysis: The analytic hierarchy process. Environmental Management, 13, 685-693. doi: 10.1007/BF01868308

Collins, M.G., Steinter, F.R., &Rushman, M.J. (2001). Land-Use Suitability Analysis in the United States: Historical Development and Promising Technological Achievements. Environmental Management, 28, 611-621. doi: 10.1007/5002670010247

Duc, T. T. (2006). Using GIS and Technique for Land-Use Suitability Analysis. doi: 10.1.1.4684502

Javadian, M., Shamskooshi, H., & Momeni, M. (2011). Application of Sustainable Urban Development in Environmental Suitability Analysis of Educational Land Use by Using AHP and GIS in Tehran. Procedia Engineering, 21,72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.1989

Malczewski, J. (2004). GIS-based land-use suitability analysis: a critical overview. Progressin Planning, 62, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2003.09.002

Prakash, T. N. (2003). Land Suitability Analysis for Agricultural Crops: A Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision Making Approach.

Zomer, R.J., Trabucco, A., Bossio, D. A., Verchot, L. V. (2008). Climate change mitigation: A spatial analysis of global land suitability for clean development mechanism afforestation and reforestation. Agriculture, Ecosystems, & Environment, 126, 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2008.01.014

Hopkins, L. (1977). Methods for generating land suitability maps: a comparative evaluation. Journal for American Institute of Planners, 43, 386-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944367708977903

Hschaefle (talk) 05:13, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Merge?
Should this page and Suitability model be combined? They seem to be virtually the same thing. I have always used the term Suitability analysis. It is also roughly synonymous to Multiple-criteria decision analysis, but that page is much more non-GIS focused. Bplewe (talk) 03:48, 2 January 2022 (UTC)