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Quality analysis of online geocoding services for Thai text addresses

open access: yesEngineering and Applied Science Research, 2019
Anumber of online geocoding services are now available enabling fast access to map-based geolocation. However, the quality of these services is uncertain, often being based on poor data, especially in developing countries such as Thailand.
Dueanpen Manoruang   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficient and Reliable Geocoding of German Twitter Data to Enable Spatial Data Linkage to Official Statistics and Other Data Sources

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2022
More and more, social scientists are using (big) digital behavioral data for their research. In this context, the social network and microblogging platform Twitter is one of the most widely used data sources. In particular, geospatial analyses of Twitter
H. Long Nguyen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smartphone-assisted spatial data collection improves geographic information quality: pilot study using a birth records dataset

open access: yesGeospatial Health, 2016
It is well known that the conventional, automated geocoding method based on self-reported residential addresses has many issues. We developed a smartphone-assisted aerial image-based method, which uses the Google Maps application programming interface as
Xiaohui Xu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and All-Cause Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in California. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BackgroundAmbient air pollution and tuberculosis (TB) have an impact on public health worldwide, yet associations between the two remain uncertain.ObjectiveWe determined the impact of residential traffic on mortality during treatment of active TB ...
Brenda Jones   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Area‐Based Geocoding: An Approach to Exposure Assessment Incorporating Positional Uncertainty

open access: yesGeoHealth, 2021
While the spatial resolution of exposure surfaces has greatly improved, our ability to locate people in space remains a limiting factor in accurate exposure assessment.
Laura K. Thompson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an Algorithm to Evaluate the Quality of Geolocated Addresses in Urban Areas

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023
The spatial and semantic data of geographic addresses are extremely important for citizens, governments, and companies. The addresses can georeference environmental, economic, security, health, and demographic parameters in urban areas.
Rafael Sierra Requena   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapmonkey: The University of Adelaide Geocoding Service

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction Geocoding converts street addresses to latitudes and longitudes and can be used to link spatial information to existing databases. Geocoding services universally designed for multiple countries do not always produce optimal results for ...
Lan Kelly   +4 more
doaj  

Using an Optimized Chinese Address Matching Method to Develop a Geocoding Service: A Case Study of Shenzhen, China

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016
With the coming era of big data and the rapid development and widespread applications of Geographical Information Systems (GISs), geocoding technology is playing an increasingly important role in bridging the gap between non-spatial data resources and ...
Qin Tian   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving a Street-Based Geocoding Algorithm Using Machine Learning Techniques

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Address matching is a crucial step in geocoding; however, this step forms a bottleneck for geocoding accuracy, as precise input is the biggest challenge for establishing perfect matches.
Kangjae Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

W42 - a scalable spatial database system for holding Digital Elevation Models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The design of a scalable system for holding spatial data in general and digital elevation models (DEMs) in specific has to account for the characteristics of data from various application fields.
Habermeyer, Martin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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