Beyond the geotag: Situating 'big data' and leveraging the potential of the geoweb

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-139

  Crampton, Jeremy W ^a   Graham, Mark ^b   Poorthuis, Ate ^a   Shelton, Taylor ^c   Stephens, Monica ^d   Wilson, Matthew W ^a   Zook, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lexingtonpolicescanner; Big data; Geotag; Geoweb; Twitter

Indexed keywords

#LEXINGTONPOLICESCANNER; BIG DATUM; GEO-TAGS; GEOWEB; TWITTER;

AUTOMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

AUTOMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878598493     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2013.777137     Document Type: Article

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