In:
Geospatial Health, PAGEPress Publications, ( 2017-11-08)
Abstract:
To balance the protection of geo-privacy and the accuracy of spatial patterns, we developed a geo-spatial tool (GeoMasker) intended to mask the residential locations of patients or cases in a geographic information system (GIS). To elucidate the effects of geo-masking parameters, we applied 2010 dengue epidemic data from Taiwan testing the tool’s performance in an empirical situation. The similarity of pre- and post-spatial patterns was measured by D statistics under a 95% confidence interval. In the empirical study, different magnitudes of anonymisation (estimated Kanonymity ≥10 and 100) were achieved and different degrees of agreement on the pre- and post-patterns were evaluated. The application is beneficial for public health workers and researchers when processing data with individuals’ spatial information.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1970-7096
,
1827-1987
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
PAGEPress Publications
Publication Date:
2017
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2276179-2
