Automated geographic context analysis for volunteered information

Applied Geography

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-44

  Spinsanti, Laura ^a   Ostermann, Frank ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic context analysis; Social media; Spatial data infrastructures; Spatio temporal clustering; Volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; GIS; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84880287933     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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