Quantifying geocode location error using GIS methods
Open Access
- 4 April 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Health
- Vol. 6 (1) , 10
Abstract
The Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (MACDP) collects maternal address information at the time of delivery for infants and fetuses with birth defects. These addresses have been geocoded by two independent agencies: (1) the Georgia Division of Public Health Office of Health Information and Policy (OHIP) and (2) a commercial vendor. Geographic information system (GIS) methods were used to quantify uncertainty in the two sets of geocodes using orthoimagery and tax parcel datasets.Keywords
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