GeoDa的设计包含一个由地图和统计图表相联合的相互作用的环境，使用强大的连接窗口技术。其最初的成果是为了在ESRI的ArcInfo GIS 和SpacStat软件间建立一个桥梁，用来进行空间数据分析（Anselin et al.1993）。发展的第二阶段是由一系列对ESRI的ArcView3.X GIS的 主界面 主界面 执行连接窗口和级联更新的扩展的理念组成。（见Anselin and Bao 1997，Anselin and Smirnov 1998，Anselin 2000）。对比这些
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