A quadtree approach based on European geographic grids: reconciling data privacy and accuracy

Methods to preserve confidentiality when publishing geographic information conflict with the need to publish accurate data. The goal of this paper is to create a European geographic grid frame- work to disseminate statistical data over maps. We propose a methodology based on quadtree hierarchical ge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lagonigro, Raymond, Oller, Ramon, Martori, Joan Carles
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:UVic-UCC
Repositorio:RiUVic. Repositori institucional de la UVic-UCC
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.uvic.cat:10854/5294
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10854/5294
https://doi.org/10.2436/20.8080.02.55
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sistemes d'informació geogràfica
Estadística
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Sumario:Methods to preserve confidentiality when publishing geographic information conflict with the need to publish accurate data. The goal of this paper is to create a European geographic grid frame- work to disseminate statistical data over maps. We propose a methodology based on quadtree hierarchical geographic data structures. We create a varying size grid adapted to local area densi- ties. High populated zones are disaggregated in small squares to allow dissemination of accurate data. Alternatively, information on low populated zones is published in big squares to avoid iden- tification of individual data. The methodology has been applied to the 2014 population register data in Catalonia.