A quadtree approach based on European geographic grids

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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Autores: Lagonigro, Raymond, Oller Piqué, Ramon, Martori, Joan Carles|||0000-0002-8400-5487
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:176149
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/176149
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.2436/20.8080.02.55
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Official statistics
Confidentiality
Disclosure limitation
Dissemination
Geographic information systems
Hierarchical data structures
Small area geography
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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 densities. 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 identification of individual data. The methodology has been applied to the 2014 population register data in Catalonia