'Big data' for pedestrian volume: Exploring the use of Google Street View images for pedestrian counts

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 337-345

  Yin, Li ^a   Cheng, Qimin ^b   Wang, Zhenxin ^c   Shao, Zhenfeng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

'Big data'; Google Street View; Pedestrian count; Walkability

Indexed keywords

IMAGERY; PEDESTRIAN; VIEW; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BOSTON; BUFFALO; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 84938074726     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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