What is Multi-Criteria Overlay Analysis with QGIS?

• Muhammad Sohail
• 25 Min To Read
• 21 Aug, 2024
• • QGIS
  • Multi-Criteria Overlay Analysis
  • MCOA
  • GIS
  • fuzzy logic
  • spatial analysis
  • weighted overlay
  • qualitative criteria
  • quantitative criteria
  • GIS software
• Articles

Multi-Criteria Overlay Analysis is a rich tool employed in the Geographical Information System for decision-making and spatial analysis. These are factor potentials and constraint pressures that when superimposed in a single map, it provides an indication of the best areas suitable for a particular use. Some of the GIS tools developed for such a purpose are available in QGIS, a type of GIS software that is open-sourced and can be used for MCOA even by novices.

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