AN APPLICATION-ORIENTED IMPLEMENTATION OF HEXAGONAL ON-THE-FLY BINNING METRICS FOR CITY-SCALE GEOREFERENCED SOCIAL MEDIA DATA

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Abstract

The use of georeferenced social media data (GSMD) for informing municipal policy-making has significant potential, particularly in addressing pressing socio-environmental challenges. Geospatial dashboards have emerged as a powerful tool for knowledge communication and supporting urban sustainability. However, there has been little emphasis on how to display and make GSMD more accessible, partly due to their complex nature. Existing visualization tools lack sophisticated methods, especially for complex urban contexts, and the methodological choice can significantly impact the interpretation of results. In this study, we propose the use of hexagonal binning as an interactive visualization method and assess three different on-the-fly binning metrics for mapping GSMD. We expand the use of the signed chi metric for spatial purposes and apply it in a case study in Bonn, Germany. We evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed metrics as well as visualizations and highlight the challenges of visualizing GSMD particularly in the context of Instagram. Our findings highlight the importance of using appropriate context-dependent visualization methods when analyzing data at the municipal level.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
PublisherCopernicus Publications
Pages253-260
Number of pages8
Volume48
Edition4/W7-2023
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jun 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
ISSN1682-1750

Conference

Title2023 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, FOSS4G 2023
Duration26 June - 2 July 2023
CityPrizren
CountrySerbia

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-1157-7967/work/142251928

Keywords

Keywords

  • geo-social media, hexagonal binning, signed chi, spatial dashboards, urban planning