Analysis of human mobility patterns from GPS trajectories and contextual information

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 881-906

  Siła Nowicka, Katarzyna ^a,b   Vandrol, Jan ^c   Oshan, Taylor ^d   Long, Jed A ^a   Demšar, Urška ^a   Fotheringham, A Stewart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Movement analysis; significant places; trajectories; trajectory segmentation; travel mode classification

Indexed keywords

GPS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MOBILITY; SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAJECTORY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84961210738     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2015.1100731     Document Type: Article

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