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Improving Geocoding Practices: Evaluation of Geocoding Tools

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Duck-Hye Yang,

Lucy Mackey Bilaver,

Oscar Hayes,

Robert GoergeAuthors Info & Claims

Journal of Medical Systems, Volume 28, Issue 4

Pages 361 - 370

https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOMS.0000032851.76239.e3

Published: 01 August 2004 Publication History

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This study examined the sources of error involved in geocoding, by systematically evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of three widely used tools for geocoding. We tested them against a random sample of addresses from a state administrative address master file and found considerable variation in identification of census block geocodes of addresses. This high variation was mainly attributable to differences in preprocessing of addresses before geocoding and the reference street data used for geocoding. Preprocessing includes not only parsing and standardizing, but also correcting addresses against the US Postal Service Zip+4 Database, the master mailing address database maintained and updated regularly by USPS.

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