Publications

 

Articles

Error Distribution of Lidar Data

Zandbergen, P.A. In Press. Characterizing the error distribution of LIDAR elevation data. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Sex Offense Recidivism

Zandbergen, P.A., J. Levenson, and T.C. Hart. 2010. Residential proximity to schools and daycares: An empirical analysis of sex offense recidivism. Criminal Justice Behavior, 37(5): 482-502. html - pdf

A list of selected publications is provided below – a complete list of all my publications can be found in my CV. Links to the online versions of the articles are provided where available.

Dasymetric Mapping Techniques

Zandbergen, P.A. and D.A. Ignizio. 2010. Comparison of dasymetric mapping techniques for small area population estimates. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 37(3): 199-214. html - pdf

Depressions in LIDAR DEMs

Zandbergen, P.A. 2010. Accuracy considerations in the analysis of depressions in medium resolution lidar DEMs. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 47(2): 187-207. html - pdf

Land Cover and Geocoding Quality

Zandbergen, P.A. 2010. Methodologic issues in using land cover data to characterize living environments of geocoded addresses. Environmental Health Perspectives, 118(3): A108. html - pdf

Accuracy of iPhone Locations

Zandbergen, P.A. 2009. Accuracy of iPhone locations: A comparison of assisted-GPS, WiFi and cellular positioning. Transactions in GIS, 13(s1): 5-25. html - pdf

Street Trees and Asthma

Zandbergen, P.A. 2009. Methodological issues in determining the relationship between street trees and asthma prevalence. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63(2):174-175. html - pdf

Effect of DEM resolution on Depressions

Zandbergen, P.A. 2006. The effect of cell resolution on depressions in digital elevation models. Applied GIS. 2(1): 04.1-04.35. html - pdf

Improving Environmental Exposure Analysis

Zandbergen, P.A. and J. Chakraborty. 2006. Improving environmental exposure analysis using cumulative distribution functions and individual geocoding. International Journal of Health Geographics, 5:23. html - pdf

Impacts of Sex Offender Residency Restrictions

Zandbergen, P.A. and T.C. Hart. 2006. Reducing housing options for convicted sex offenders: Investigating the impact of residency restriction laws using GIS. Justice Research and Policy, 8:1-24. html - pdf

Geocoding Quality and Environmental Exposure

Zandbergen, P.A. 2007. Influence of geocoding quality on environmental exposure assessment of children living near high traffic roads. BMC Public Health, 7:37. html  - pdf

Error and Bias in Geocoding

Zandbergen, P.A. and J.W. Green. 2007. Error and bias in determining exposure potential of children at school locations using proximity-based GIS techniques. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(9):1363-1370. html - pdf

Racial Disparities in Environmental Exposure

Chakraborty, J. and P.A. Zandbergen. 2007. Children at risk: Measuring racial disparities in potential exposure to air pollution at school and home. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61:1074-1079. html - pdf

Positional Accuracy of Spatial Data

Zandbergen, P.A. 2008. Positional accuracy of spatial data: Non-normal distributions and a critique of the National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy. Transactions in GIS, 12(1): 103-130. html - pdf

Comparison of Geocoding Techniques

Zandbergen, P.A. 2008. A comparison of address point, parcel and street geocoding techniques. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 32(3): 214-232. html - pdf

Geocoding Quality

Zandbergen, P.A. 2009. Geocoding quality and implications for spatial analysis. Geography Compass, 3(2): 647-680. html - pdf

Response to Commentary on Geocoding Study

Zandbergen, P.A. 2008. Geocoding school and student’s home addresses: Zandbergen responds. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(8):A330-A331. html - pdf

Applications of SRTM data

Zandbergen, P.A. 2008. Applications of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data.

Geography Compass, 2(5):1404-1431. html - pdf

Commentary on GIS Validation Study

Zandbergen, P.A. 2008. Comments on Boone et al., “Validation of a GIS facilities database: Quantification and implications of error”. Annals of Epidemiology, 18(10):823-824. html - pdf

Commentary on Sex Offender Recidivism Study

Zandbergen, P.A. 2008. Commentary on Duwe, Donnay, and Tewksbury (2008): “Does residential proximity matter? A geographic analysis of sex offender recidivism” Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35(11):1449-1451. html - pdf

Exposure to Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

Zandbergen, P.A. 2009. Exposure of US Counties to Atlantic Tropical Storms and Hurricanes, 1851-2003. Natural Hazards, 48(1):83-99. html - pdf

Accuracy of Sex Offender Geocoding

Zandbergen, P.A. and T.C. Hart. 2009. Geocoding accuracy considerations in determining residency restrictions for sex offenders. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 20(1): 62-90. html - pdf

Strategic Agglomeration by Retailers

Picone, G.A., D.B. Ridley and P.A. Zandbergen. 2009. Distance decreases with differentiation: Strategic agglomeration by retailers. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 27: 463-473. html - pdf

British Columbia Water Quality

Zandbergen. P.A. and K.J. Hall. 1998. Analysis of the British Columbia Water Quality Index for watershed managers: A case study of two small watersheds. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada. 33(4): 519-549. pdf

Book Reviews

Brunette River Watershed in British Columbia

Zandbergen, P.A. 1998. Urban watershed ecological risk assessment using a geographic information system: A case-study of the Brunette River Watershed in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 61: 163-173. html - pdf

Geographic Information Analysis

Zandbergen, P.A. 2005. Review of Geographic Information Analysis by D. O’Sullivan ad D. J. Unwin. URISA Journal, 17(1): 67-68. pdf

Technical Reports


Impacts of Sex Offender Residency Restrictions

Zandbergen, P.A. and T.C. Hart. 2009. Availability and spatial distribution of affordable housing in Miami-Dade county and implications of residency restriction zones for registered sex offenders. Greater Miami Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. html - pdf