Publications

 

Articles

Sex Offense Recidivism

Zandbergen, P.A., J. Levenson, and T.C. Hart. In Press Residential proximity to schools and daycares: An empirical analysis of sex offense recidivism. Criminal Justice Behavior.

Error Distribution of Lidar Data

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


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.

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

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

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

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

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 Bahavior, 35(11):1449-1451. html


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

Applications of SRTM data

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

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

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

Geocoding Quality

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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