(中南工业大学资源环境与建筑工程学院， 长沙 410083)
摘 要: 从地理空间模拟的角度出发，给出了空间分析的定义，认为空间分析是对空间目标形态、目标间关系、目标的行为进行描述，并以此为基础，将空间分析的内涵扩展到空间查询与相关分析。
关键字: 地理信息系统(GIS) 空间分析 空间查询 相关分析
（College of Resources, Environment and Civil Engineering,
Central South University of Technology, Changsha 410083）
Abstract:The thesis studied the definition and contents of spatial analysis. From the view point of the simulation of the geographical space, the authors defined the spatial analysis as a system which describes the spatial relationship and spatial action of the object in the geographical space. Further on, the thesis extended the contents of spatial analysis to spatial query and spatial relative analysis.
Key words: geographical information system(GIS) spatial analysis spatial query relative analysis
