Geocoding

Determining and assigning the geographic coordinates of a location.
National Institutes of Health

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Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Mapping

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Painting a truer picture of US socioeconomic and racial/ethnic health inequalities: the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project.
OBJECTIVES We describe a method to facilitate routine monitoring of socioeconomic health disparities in the United States… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Positional accuracy of two methods of geocoding.
BACKGROUND Geocoding is often used in epidemiologic studies to map residences with geographic information systems (GIS). The… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Race/ethnicity, gender, and monitoring socioeconomic gradients in health: a comparison of area-based socioeconomic measures--the public health disparities geocoding project.
Use of multilevel frameworks and area-based socioeconomic measures (ABSMs) for public health monitoring can potentially overcome… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Positional error in automated geocoding of residential addresses
BACKGROUND: Public health applications using geographic information system (GIS) technology are steadily increasing. Many of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Choosing area based socioeconomic measures to monitor social inequalities in low birth weight and childhood lead poisoning: The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project (US).
STUDY OBJECTIVES : To determine which area based socioeconomic measures can meaningfully be used, at which level of geography, to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Monitoring socioeconomic inequalities in sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, and violence: geocoding and choice of area-based socioeconomic measures--the public health disparities…
OBJECTIVES To determine which area-based socioeconomic measures, at which level of geography, are suitable for monitoring… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Geocoding addresses from a large population-based study: lessons learned.
BACKGROUND Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial statistics are useful for exploring the relation between geographic… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Positional accuracy of geocoded addresses in epidemiologic research.
BACKGROUND Geographic information systems (GIS) offer powerful techniques for epidemiologists. Geocoding is an important step in… (More)
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Geocoding and monitoring of US socioeconomic inequalities in mortality and cancer incidence: does the choice of area-based measure and geographic level matter?: the Public Health Disparities…
Despite the promise of geocoding and use of area-based socioeconomic measures to overcome the paucity of socioeconomic data in US… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
On the wrong side of the tracts? Evaluating the accuracy of geocoding in public health research.
OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the accuracy of geocoding for public health databases. METHODS A test file of 70… (More)
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