TweoLocator: A non-intrusive geographical locator system for Twitter

Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks, LBSN 2012 - Held in Conjunction with ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 24-31

  Gonzalez, Rodolfo ^a   Figueroa, Gerardo ^a   Chen, Yi Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

geolocation; social networks; spatial data mining; Twitter

Indexed keywords

AMAZON MECHANICAL TURKS; EMERGENCY DETECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GEOLOCATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SPATIAL DATA MINING; TWITTER;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOCATION; SEMANTICS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84875141724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2442796.2442804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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