Accessible and practical geocoding method for traffic collision record mapping: Quebec, Canada, case study

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2460, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-46

  Burns, Shaun ^a   Miranda Moreno, Luis ^a   Stipancic, Joshua ^a   Saunier, Nicolas ^b   Ismail, Karim ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE-STUDIES; GEO CODING; GEOCODERS; GEOCODING SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES; GOOGLE MAPS; INCIDENT REPORTS; INPUT DATAS; TRAFFIC COLLISIONS; TRAFFIC CRASHES;

EID: 84925174781     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2460-05     Document Type: Article

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