Spatial Information Divergence: Using Global and Local Indices to Compare Geographical Masks Applied to Crime Data

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 737-757

  Kounadi, Ourania ^a   Leitner, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSITIVE DATA;

CRIME DATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE; GLOBAL INDEX; INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY; INFORMATION DIVERGENCE; LOCAL INDEX; LOCATION DATA; POINT PATTERNS; PROTECTION METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS;

CRIME;

GIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84943353686     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12125     Document Type: Article

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