Carlos Pérez-Penichet, Angelo Conde and Adriano Moreira Human mobility analysis by collaborative radio landscape observation. Proceedings of the AGILE’2012 International Conference on Geographic Information Science, 153–158. (2012).
Abstract:
A new method to analyze the spatio-temporal activities of humans based on the symbolic information that can be extracted from a set
of observations of mobile networks taken through smart phones is presented. Specifically, GSM and WiFi network observations collected
by several users are gathered to collaboratively build a symbolic base map of the logical structure of the geography. At the same time a
map of the mobility of each individual is also created from the same set of observations. The Proxmity Map is then used to provide some
spatial context to the Individual Mobility Maps. This information is intended to be used for the analysis of transportation efficiency.