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. 2023 Feb 25;10:113. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02013-5

Table 10.

Comparison of estimates for dwellings with access to public open space (any; ≥1 hectare; ≥1 hectare or having a sport facility), by derived pedestrian road network (OpenStreetMap or Vicmap Transport) and source of public open space data.

Any public open space Public open space of area ≥1 hectare Public open space ≥1 Hectare, or any size having a sport facility
Major Urban Other Urban Rural Balance Bounded Locality Major Urban Other Urban Rural Balance Bounded Locality Major Urban Other Urban Rural Balance Bounded Locality
Preliminary analysis using public open space datasets derived from OpenStreetMap, VPA (gold standard) and Vicmap FOI
Victorian Planning Authority (gold standard)
Using OpenStreetMap network 91.4 69.2 32.5 61.9 57.1 49.3 22.5 44.1 57.9 50.0 23.1 45.2
Using Vicmap Transport network 91.8 69.8 32.7 62.9 57.2 49.9 22.9 45.3 58.0 50.5 23.5 46.9
Difference in network results 0.4 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.4 1.7
Difference to gold standard
Vicmap FOI
Using OpenStreetMap network 84.8 83.0 28.2 59.5 56.6 53.4 18.9 37.0 58.6 54.0 19.2 37.8
Using Vicmap Transport network 84.9 83.8 28.8 62.9 56.6 53.6 19.2 40.4 58.5 54.2 19.6 41.7
Difference in network results 0.1 0.8 0.6 3.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 3.4 −0.1 0.2 0.4 3.9
Difference to gold standard 6.6 −13.8 4.3 2.4 0.5 −4.1 3.6 7.1 −0.7 −4.0 3.9 7.4
OpenStreetMap (version 1)
Using OpenStreetMap network 84.8 67.2 40.4 58.2 59.7 50.0 35.3 50.7 63.1 51.0 35.6 51.6
Using Vicmap Transport network 84.9 67.6 42.1 59.9 59.5 50.5 36.9 54.5 62.8 51.3 37.1 55.0
Difference in network results 0.1 0.4 1.7 1.7 −0.2 0.5 1.6 3.8 −0.3 0.3 1.5 3.4
Difference to gold standard 6.6 2.0 −7.9 3.7 −2.6 −0.7 −12.8 −6.6 −5.2 −1.0 −12.5 −6.4
OpenStreetMap (version 2)
Using OpenStreetMap network 84.7 67.4 36.3 56.9 53.3 41.1 12.4 29.6 55.8 42.0 13.1 31.6
Using Vicmap Transport network 84.7 67.7 38.0 58.4 53.0 41.1 12.8 31.0 55.5 41.9 13.5 32.2
Difference in network results 0.0 0.3 1.7 1.5 −0.3 0.0 0.4 1.4 −0.3 −0.1 0.4 0.6
Difference to gold standard 6.7 1.8 −3.8 5.0 3.8 8.2 10.1 14.5 2.1 8.0 10.0 13.6
Post hoc analysis of final OpenStreetMap-derived public open space data, with full exclusion criteria applied as in main study
OpenStreetMap (final version) 75.9 58.1 54.4 46.0 77.9 62.7
Difference to gold standard * 15.5 11.1 2.7 3.3 −20.0 −12.7

*Analysis results for Greater Melbourne presented here used a further refined version of the OpenStreetMap-derived public open space dataset, with analysis restricted for address points located in urban sections of state and employed other exclusion criteria detailed in the methods section.