Location based social networks: definition, current state of the art and research agenda
The growing penetration of GPS equipped smartphones allowing users to constantly share geographic information on their current whereabouts has led the way to an augmentation of existing Social Network Sites with location-based features or the creation of new ones exclusively around geographic inform...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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03 May 2013
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Transactions in GIS
Year: 2013, Volume: 17, Issue: 5, Pages: 763-784 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9671 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/tgis.12032 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12032 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tgis.12032 
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| Author Notes: | Oliver Roick and Susanne Heuser |
| Summary: | The growing penetration of GPS equipped smartphones allowing users to constantly share geographic information on their current whereabouts has led the way to an augmentation of existing Social Network Sites with location-based features or the creation of new ones exclusively around geographic information. Within these Location Based Social Networks vast amounts of geographic information are allocated, which attracted the attention of researchers with various scientific backgrounds. This article presents a comprehensive definition of this special type of Social Network Site and an overview of research activities, which are currently conducted using the data. Finally, a research agenda for GIScience is drawn from existing research directions. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 19.01.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1467-9671 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/tgis.12032 |