Traffic observatory: A system to detect and locate traffic events and conditions using 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 5-11

  Ribeiro, Sílvio S ^a   Davis, Clodoveu A ^a   Oliveira, Diogo Rennó R ^a   Meira, Wagner ^a   Gonçalves, Tatiana S ^a   Pappa, Gisele L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

geocoding; traffic; Twitter

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; GEO CODING; POPULAR PLATFORM; REAL-WORLD; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC EVENT; TWITTER; USER-GENERATED;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84875194270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2442796.2442800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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