Capturing Urban Dynamics with Scarce Check-In Data

Author

Komninos, Andreas ; Stefanis, V. ; Plessas, A. ; Besharat, Jeries

Volume

12

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct.-Dec. 2013

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

28

Abstract

The authors describe their analysis of three months´ worth of collected human-physical environment interactions (Foursquare check-in) data for a medium-sized city in Greece. Their analysis shows that although the data generated by the citizens is scarce (on average, fewer than 10 users checked in at any time during the day), they could use it to build a good model of the city´s dynamics. The authors discuss how this information can be used to guide visitors in the city or to provide innovative services for the city´s inhabitants using the cloud.

Keywords

cloud computing; data analysis; social networking (online); social sciences computing; Foursquare; Greece; city dynamics; cloud computing; human-physical environment interactions; scarce check-in data; urban dynamics; Atmospheric measurements; Cities and towns; Cloud computing; Context awareness; Environmental factors; Media; Mobile communication; Mobile radio mobility management; Smart phones; Ubiquitous computing; Urban areas; Web 2.0; Web services; augmented reality; context-aware services; pervasive computing; ubiquitous computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2013.42

Filename

6519226