K-Means clustering for location
K-Means clustering is a powerful tool for location analysis, enabling the grouping of geospatial data points into clusters based on their proximity or similarity. This technique is valuable for segmenting locations, understanding market trends, optimizing resource allocation, and making informed decisions in various fields, from retail and urban planning to healthcare and environmental analysis.
First let us do a scatter plot of the latitude and longitude data to get an idea of the data
Now let us do the K-means clustering with a cluster size of 100
Cluster 1 Center: Latitude -87.77466608391609, Longitude 40.67427972027972
Cluster 2 Center: Latitude -121.12838608695652, Longitude 41.12909739130435
Cluster 3 Center: Latitude -84.15862464985995, Longitude 37.49454341736695
Cluster 4 Center: Latitude -105.33088211382113, Longitude 34.17090650406504
Cluster 5 Center: Latitude -117.77351302083333, Longitude 34.66760546875
Cluster 6 Center: Latitude -82.29514070351759, Longitude 32.234090452261306
Cluster 7 Center: Latitude -95.39037857142857, Longitude 29.66034642857143
Cluster 8 Center: Latitude -74.44290510948905, Longitude 40.786705596107055
Cluster 9 Center: Latitude -76.20114640883978, Longitude 38.916165745856354
Cluster 10 Center: Latitude -106.63796355353075, Longitude 40.951282460136675
Cluster 11 Center: Latitude -149.4990465116279, Longitude 62.47753488372093
Cluster 12 Center: Latitude -81.8052558922559, Longitude 28.721195286195286
Cluster 13 Center: Latitude -156.97926470588237, Longitude 20.828588235294117
Cluster 14 Center: Latitude -94.13923595505618, Longitude 42.08931086142322
Cluster 15 Center: Latitude -122.21451034482759, Longitude 47.371468965517245
Cluster 16 Center: Latitude -97.51444057971014, Longitude 31.395452173913043
Cluster 17 Center: Latitude -88.35704276315789, Longitude 31.789996710526317
Cluster 18 Center: Latitude -81.17313015873016, Longitude 40.23007619047619
Cluster 19 Center: Latitude -94.6525529953917, Longitude 35.52384331797235
Cluster 20 Center: Latitude -112.77275471698113, Longitude 33.27761455525606