The quality of OpenStreetMap food-related point-of-interest data for use in epidemiological research

Maria Gabriela M. Pinho, Benjamin Flueckiger, Antonia Valentin, Maria-Iosifina Kasdagli, Kalliopi Kyriakou, Jeroen Lakerveld, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Joline W. J. Beulens, Kees de Hoogh

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Abstract

We assessed the quality of food-related OpenStreetMap (OSM) data in urban areas of five European countries. We calculated agreement statistics between point-of-interests (POIs) from OSM and from Google Street View (GSV) in five European regions. We furthermore assessed correlations between exposure measures (distance and counts) from OSM data and administrative data from local data sources on food environment data in three European countries. Agreement between POI data in OSM compared to GSV was poor, but correlations were moderate to high between exposures from OSM and local data sources. OSM data downloaded in 2020 seems to be an acceptable source of data for generating count-based food exposure measures for research in selected European regions.
Original languageEnglish
Article number103075
JournalHealth and Place
Volume83
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2023

Keywords

  • Exposome
  • Food environment
  • Google street view
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Quality assessment

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