Matching study areas using Google Street View: A new application for an emerging technology

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-79

  Less, Elyse Levine ^a   McKee, Patricia ^a   Toomey, Traci ^a   Nelson, Toben ^a   Erickson, Darin ^a   Xiong, Serena ^a   Jones Webb, Rhonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol related crime; Audit tools; Ecological settings; Google Street View; Matching

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CRIME; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; MAP; NEIGHBORHOOD;

COMPUTER INTERFACE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CRIME; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84939623025     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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