Those of you who regularly use the classification
dialog will have noticed a new classification method was added in version 9.2. Now
available for all data is the geometrical interval classification method which was
called "smart quantiles" when it was originally introduced in the ESRI
Geostatistical Analyst extension.
This classification method was used for visualizing continuous
data and to provide an alternative to the Natural Breaks (Jenks), quantiles, and really any variance minimized (within classes) classification
method. The specific benefit of the geometrical intervals classification is Read More...