User-generated geographic information for visitor monitoring in a national park: A comparison of social media data and visitor survey

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Heikinheimo, Vuokko ^a   Minin, Enrico Di ^a,b   Tenkanen, Henrikki ^a   Hausmann, Anna ^a,b   Erkkonen, Joel ^c   Toivonen, Tuuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Mets hallitus   (Finland)

Author keywords

Geotagged social media data; Recreational services; User generated content; Visitor survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026404757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6030085     Document Type: Article

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