Question

What is spatial scale?

Answer 1

In sciences such as physics, geography, astronomy, meteorology and statistics, the term scale or spatial scale is used for describing or classifying with large approximation the extent or size of a length, distance or area studied or described.

Answer 2

In spital ecology, scale refers to the spital extent of ecological process and the spital interpretation of the data. The response of an organism or a species to the environment is particular to a specific scale, and may respond differently at larger or smaller scale. In science such as physics, chemistry,meteorology and statistics, the term spital scale is used for describing or classifying with large approximation the extent or size of length, distance and area.