The Geography of Social Media Data in Urban Areas: Representativeness and Complementarity

Bernabeu-Bautista, Álvaro; Serrano-Estrada, Leticia; Perez-Sanchez, V. Raul; Martí, Pablo

doi:10.3390/ijgi10110747

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The Geography of Social Media Data in Urban Areas: Representativeness and Complementarity

Building Sciences and Urbanism Department, University of Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, San Vicente del Raspeig, 03690 Alicante, Spain

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ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2021, 10(11), 747; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10110747

Submission received: 20 August 2021 / Revised: 30 October 2021 / Accepted: 30 October 2021 / Published: 3 November 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Application of AI Techniques on Geo-Information Systems)

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This research sheds light on the relationship between the presence of location-based social network (LBSN) data and other economic and demographic variables in the city of Valencia (Spain). For that purpose, a comparison is made between location patterns of geolocated data from various social networks (i.e., Google Places, Foursquare, Twitter, Airbnb and Idealista) and statistical information such as land value, average gross income, and population distribution by age range. The main findings show that there is no direct relationship between land value or age of registered population and the amount of social network data generated in a given area. However, a noteworthy coincidence was observed between Google Places data-clustering patterns, which represent the offer of economic activities, and the spatial concentration of the other LBSNs analyzed, suggesting that data from these sources are mostly generated in areas with a high density of economic activities.

Keywords: big data; social networks; geolocated data; land value; urban demographics

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Bernabeu-Bautista, Á.; Serrano-Estrada, L.; Perez-Sanchez, V.R.; Martí, P. The Geography of Social Media Data in Urban Areas: Representativeness and Complementarity. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2021, 10, 747. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10110747

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Bernabeu-Bautista Á, Serrano-Estrada L, Perez-Sanchez VR, Martí P. The Geography of Social Media Data in Urban Areas: Representativeness and Complementarity. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2021; 10(11):747. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10110747

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Bernabeu-Bautista, Álvaro, Leticia Serrano-Estrada, V. Raul Perez-Sanchez, and Pablo Martí. 2021. "The Geography of Social Media Data in Urban Areas: Representativeness and Complementarity" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 11: 747. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10110747

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Bernabeu-Bautista, Á., Serrano-Estrada, L., Perez-Sanchez, V. R., & Martí, P. (2021). The Geography of Social Media Data in Urban Areas: Representativeness and Complementarity. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(11), 747. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10110747

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