Abstract

This article presents a survey of the state of the art in geocoding practices through a cross-disciplinary historical review of existing literature. We explore the evolving concept of geocoding and the fundamental components of the process. Frequently encountered sources of error and uncertainty are discussed as well as existing measures used to quantify them. An examination of common pitfalls and persistent challenges in the geocoding process is presented, and the traditional methods for overcoming them are described.

Date

January 1, 2007

Authors

Daniel W Goldberg, John P Wilson, Craig A Knoblock

Journal

URISA journal

Volume

19

Issue

1

Pages

33-46

Publisher

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)