Mobile positioning based tourism monitoring system

Positium Barometer

Authors:    
Rein Ahas (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Margus Tiru (Positium LBS, Estonia)

Abstract (excerpt):
The 21st century started with a growth in the spatial mobility of people, goods and information. This has created a demand for new data sources. Mobile positioning is becoming an attractive source for measuring the spatial mobility of people. Digital movement tracks recorded by mobile positioning ("virtual air") have many advantages as the penetration of phones is high and the precision of mobile positioning is improving. This paper introduces experiences with passive mobile positioning data in the tourism studies in Estonia.

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