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L ocation B ased S ocial N etworks – Definition, Current State of the Art and Research Agenda
Author(s) -
Roick Oliver,
Heuser Susanne
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transactions in gis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9671
pISSN - 1361-1682
DOI - 10.1111/tgis.12032
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , current (fluid) , global positioning system , computer science , operations research , mathematics , engineering , telecommunications , algorithm , electrical engineering
The growing penetration of GPS equipped smartphones allowing users to constantly share geographic information on their current whereabouts has led the way to an augmentation of existing S ocial N etwork S ites with location‐based features or the creation of new ones exclusively around geographic information. Within these L ocation B ased S ocial N etworks vast amounts of geographic information are allocated, which attracted the attention of researchers with various scientific backgrounds. This article presents a comprehensive definition of this special type of S ocial N etwork S ite and an overview of research activities, which are currently conducted using the data. Finally, a research agenda for GIScience is drawn from existing research directions.