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Development of an Algorithm to Evaluate the Quality of Geolocated Addresses in Urban Areas

Publicated to:Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information. 12 (10): 407- - 2023-10-01 12(10), DOI: 10.3390/ijgi12100407

Authors: Requena, Rafael Sierra; Martinez-Llario, Jose Carlos; Lorenzo-Saez, Edgar; Coll-Aliaga, Eloina

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Minist Finance Spain, Reg Off, Directorate Gen Cadastre, Roger de Lauria 26 - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Dept Cartog Engn Geodesy & Photogrammetry - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, ITACA Res Inst, Cami Vera S-n - Author

Abstract

The spatial and semantic data of geographic addresses are extremely important for citizens, governments, and companies. The addresses can georeference environmental, economic, security, health, and demographic parameters in urban areas. Additionally, address components can be used by users to locate any point of interest (POI) with location-based systems (LBSs). For this reason, errors in address data can affect the geographic location of events, map representations, and spatial analyses. Thus, this paper presents the development of an algorithm for evaluating the quality of semantic and geographic information in any geospatial address dataset. The reference datasets are accessible using open data platforms or spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and volunteered geographic information (VGI), and both have been compared with commercial datasets using geocoding web services. Address quality analysis was developed using several open-source data science code libraries combined with spatial databases and geographic information systems. In addition, the quality of geographic addresses was evaluated by carrying out normalized tests in accordance with International Geospatial Standards (ISO 19157). Finally, this methodology assesses the quality of authorized and VGI address datasets that can be used for geocoding any relevant information in specific urban areas.

Keywords

AddressesCitizensCompletenessCrimeGeocodingGeographic dataInformationOnline geocoding servicesOpen dataOpenstreetmapPositional accuracySpatial data qualityVolunteered geographic information

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Geography, Planning and Development.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.79, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-29, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-29:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 16.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 16 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Coll Aliaga, Peregrina Eloína).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Lorenzo Sáez, Edgar.