Protection of geoprivacy and accuracy of spatial information: How effective are geographical masks?

Cartographica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 15-28

  Kwan, Mei Po ^a   Casas, Irene ^b   Schmitz, Ben C ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ESRI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Disaggregate data; Geographical masks; Geoprivacy; Lung cancer deaths; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CANCER; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA PROCESSING; MORTALITY; SPATIAL DATA;

FRANKLIN COUNTY [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042735336     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/X204-4223-57MK-8273     Document Type: Article

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