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Comparación de las aplicaciones de Google y Yahoo para la geocodificación de direcciones postales con fines epidemiológicos

Title:
Comparación de las aplicaciones de Google y Yahoo para la geocodificación de direcciones postales con fines epidemiológicos
Authors:
Quesada, José Antonio
Nolasco, Andreu  
Moncho, Joaquin
Editor:
Ministerio de Sanidad
Department:
Departamentos de la UMH::Medicina Clínica
Issue Date:
2013-03
URI:
https://hdl.handle.net/11000/34640
Abstract:
Fundamentos: Geocodificar es asignar coordenadas geográficas a puntos del espacio, frecuentemente direcciones postales. El error cometido al aplicar este proceso puede introducir un sesgo en las estimaciones de modelos espacio-temporales en estudios epidemiológicos. No se han encontrando estudios q...  Ver más
spatial points, which often are postal addresses. The error made in applying this process can introduce bias in estimates of spatiotemporal models in epidemiological studies. No studies have been found to measure the error made in applying this process in Spanish cities. The objective is to evaluate the errors in magnitude and direction from two free sources (Google and Yahoo) with regard to a GPS in two Spanish cities. Method: 30 addresses were geocoded with those two sources and the GPS in Santa Pola (Alicante) andAlicante city. The distances were calculated in metres (median, CI95%) between the sources and the GPS, globally and according to the status reported by each source. The directionality of the error was evaluated by calculating the location quadrant and applying a Chi-Square test. The GPS error was evaluated by geocoding 11 addresses twice at 4 days interval. Results: The overall median in Google-GPS was 23,2 metres (16,0-32,1) for Santa Pola, and 21,4meters (14,9-31,1) forAlicante. The overallmedian in Yahoo was 136,0 meters (19,2-318,5) for Santa Pola, and 23,8 meters (13,6- 29,2) for Alicante. Between the 73% and 90% were geocoded by status as “exact or interpolated” (minor error), where Goggle andYahoo had a median error between 19 and 23 metres in the two cities. The GPS had a median error of 13.8 meters (6,7-17,8). No error directionality was detected. Conclusions: Google error is acceptable and stable in the two cities, so that it is a reliable source for geocoding addresses in Spain in epidemiological studies.
Keywords/Subjects:
geocodificar
análisis espacial
métodos epidemiológicos
sesgos
mapeo geográfico
epidemiological methods
geocoding
Type of document:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Access rights:
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
DOI:
10.4321/S1135-57272013000200009
Appears in Collections:
Artículos Medicina Clínica



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