The use of Bluetooth for analysing spatiotemporal dynamics of human movement at mass events: A case study of the Ghent Festivities

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-220

  Versichele, Mathias ^a   Neutens, Tijs ^a   Delafontaine, Matthias ^a   Van de Weghe, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; Geographical information systems; Geographical information technology; Mass event; Tracking

Indexed keywords

GIS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SCANNER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TRACKING; TRAJECTORY;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 79960294975     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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