Spatial Bin
- CURIE:
gmeow:SpatialBin - IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/SpatialBin
- Category: class
- Defined by:
gmeow:slices/aggregation - Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)
A place that serves as a spatial bin in an aggregation grid — a generated region used to partition space for statistical summarisation. Its geometry defines the bin boundary; its aggregation result is a SpatialAggregation.
Structure
Subclass of: gmeow:Place
Practical Pattern
Use gmeow:SpatialBin as a specialized kind of gmeow:Place. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.
Example Snippets
These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.
Spatial Bins
- Source:
slices/extensions/aggregation/examples/spatial-bins.ttl - Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-extensions-aggregation-examples-spatial-bins
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: spatial aggregation IS a measurement, with a privacy floor
# . A gmeow:SpatialAggregation is a gmeow:Measurement (so it carries the
# observation bundle: observedFeature, vantage, observationMethod, result) that
# applies a gmeow:aggregationFunction (average / count / density …) over
# gmeow:SpatialBins. gmeow:minimumPopulation is the k-anonymity floor: bins with
# fewer than that many people are NOT reported, so the aggregate can be published
# without re-identifying individuals (P12 — the safe public projection).
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/aggregation/> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
ex:downtownBin a gmeow:SpatialBin ;
rdfs:label "Downtown census tract"@en .