Add to ORKGThe analysis of spatial autocorrelation is a fundamental tool for the understanding of all the physical as well as anthropological processes which naturally take place within the geographical space, and which cannot be studied independently from it. The deployment of statistical techniques for investigating spatial autocorrelation has brought valuable results within manifold research fields ranging from the natural sciences to the socio-economic sciences. Moreover, the affinity between cartography and this kind of analysis has raised particular interest among GIS users as well as developers. This has led to the inclusion of many modules dedicated to the spatial autocorrelation mapping within both proprietary GIS software suites as well as f...