Geocoding Freeform Placenames: An Example of Deciphering the Czech National Immigration Database
The growth of international migration and its societal and political impacts bring a greater need for accurate data to measure, understand and control migration flows. However, in the Czech immigration database, the birthplaces of immigrants are only kept in freeform text fields, a substantial obsta...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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| Series: | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/5/335 |