Mapping the popularity of urban restaurants using social media data

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-120

  Zhai, Shixiao ^a   Xu, Xiaolin ^a   Yang, Lanrong ^a   Zhou, Min ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Qiu, Bingkui ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Jinzhong University   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Local moran's I; Restaurant reviews; Social media; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GIS; MAPPING; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; SATELLITE DATA; SERVICE SECTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; HANGZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84934768535     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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