Evaluating passive mobile positioning data for tourism surveys: An Estonian case study

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-486

  Ahas, Rein ^a   Aasa, Anto ^a   Roose, Antti ^a   Mark, Ülar ^b   Silm, Siiri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Positium LBS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; Geography; Mobile positioning; Social positioning method; Space time behaviour; Surveillance; Tourism

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849199070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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