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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Hauptverfasser: Roick, Oliver (VerfasserIn) , Heuser, Susanne (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 03 May 2013
In: Transactions in GIS
Year: 2013, Jahrgang: 17, Heft: 5, Pages: 763-784
ISSN:1467-9671
DOI:10.1111/tgis.12032
Online-Zugang: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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Verfasserangaben:Oliver Roick and Susanne Heuser
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISSN:1467-9671
DOI:10.1111/tgis.12032