gpsbound: A command for importing and verifying geographical information from a user-provided shapefile
Tim S. L. Brophy
University of Cape Town
Southern Africa Labour and
Development Research Unit (SALDRU)
Cape Town, South Africa
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Reza Che Daniels
University of Cape Town
School of Economics
Cape Town, South Africa
[email protected]
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Sibongile Musundwa
University of Cape Town
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU)
Cape Town, South Africa
[email protected]
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Abstract. Geographical coordinates such as Global Positioning System (GPS)
latitude and longitude estimates form the foundation of many spatial statistical
methods. gpsbound allows users to 1) import geographical information from the
attribute table of a polygon shapefile based on the identified location of GPS
coordinates in a Stata dataset, and 2) check whether the GPS coordinates lie within
the bounds of a polygon demarcated in the shapefile (for example, enumeration
areas or primary sampling units). gpsbound also allows users to work with spatial
data in Stata without the use of Geographical Information System software.
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Tim S. L. Brophy, Reza Che Daniels, Sibongile Musundwa
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gpsbound, spatial data, point-in-polygon, GPS coordinates, shapefile, attribute table
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