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Table 2 Geocoding Results after E911 Conversion.

From: Geocoding rural addresses in a community contaminated by PFOA: a comparison of methods

  

TeleAtlas

ArcView/NAVTEQ

Address status

N

Error1

N (%)2

Error1

N (%)2

Converted

Pre-E911 Street

35

373 (204, 629)

20 (57%)

20 (15, 58)

35 (100%)

Converted

Rural Route Boxes

24

280 (80, 2362)

11 (46%)

60 (24, 200)

24 (100%)

Total Addresses3

135

188 (77, 434)

85 (63%)

39 (16, 73)

130 (96%)

  1. 1Positional errors are presented as median distance (25th, 75th percentile) in meters between geocoded location and GPS measurements.
  2. 2Represents the number of successfully geocoded addresses and the percent (%).
  3. 3Includes the results for the 71 self-reported post-E911 street addresses and the 2 self-reported pre-E911 street addresses that were not converted. The 1 PO Box was not geocoded by either method.
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Environmental Health

ISSN: 1476-069X