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Beyond data collection: Objectives and methods of research using VGI and geo-social media for disaster management
This paper investigates research using VGI and geo-social media in the disaster management
context. Relying on the method of systematic mapping, it develops a classification schema that
captures three levels of main category, focus, and intended use, and analyzes the relationships
with the employed data sources and analysis methods. It focuses the scope to the pioneering
field of disaster management, but the described approach and the developed classification
schema are easily adaptable to different application domains or future developments. The
results show that a hypothesized consolidation of research, characterized through the building
of canonical bodies of knowledge and advanced application cases with refined methodology,
has not yet happened. The majority of the studies investigate the challenges and potential
solutions of data handling, with fewer studies focusing on socio-technological issues or
advanced applications. This trend is currently showing no sign of change, highlighting that VGI
research is still very much technology-driven as opposed to theory- or application-driven. From
the results of the systematic mapping study, the authors formulate and discuss several
research objectives for future work, which could lead to a stronger, more theory-driven
treatment of the topic VGI in GIScience.Carlos Granell has been partly funded by the Ramón y Cajal Programme (grant number RYC-2014-16913
Social Media Analytics in Disaster Response: A Comprehensive Review
Social media has emerged as a valuable resource for disaster management,
revolutionizing the way emergency response and recovery efforts are conducted
during natural disasters. This review paper aims to provide a comprehensive
analysis of social media analytics for disaster management. The abstract begins
by highlighting the increasing prevalence of natural disasters and the need for
effective strategies to mitigate their impact. It then emphasizes the growing
influence of social media in disaster situations, discussing its role in
disaster detection, situational awareness, and emergency communication. The
abstract explores the challenges and opportunities associated with leveraging
social media data for disaster management purposes. It examines methodologies
and techniques used in social media analytics, including data collection,
preprocessing, and analysis, with a focus on data mining and machine learning
approaches. The abstract also presents a thorough examination of case studies
and best practices that demonstrate the successful application of social media
analytics in disaster response and recovery. Ethical considerations and privacy
concerns related to the use of social media data in disaster scenarios are
addressed. The abstract concludes by identifying future research directions and
potential advancements in social media analytics for disaster management. The
review paper aims to provide practitioners and researchers with a comprehensive
understanding of the current state of social media analytics in disaster
management, while highlighting the need for continued research and innovation
in this field.Comment: 11 page
Towards Mobility Data Science (Vision Paper)
Mobility data captures the locations of moving objects such as humans,
animals, and cars. With the availability of GPS-equipped mobile devices and
other inexpensive location-tracking technologies, mobility data is collected
ubiquitously. In recent years, the use of mobility data has demonstrated
significant impact in various domains including traffic management, urban
planning, and health sciences. In this paper, we present the emerging domain of
mobility data science. Towards a unified approach to mobility data science, we
envision a pipeline having the following components: mobility data collection,
cleaning, analysis, management, and privacy. For each of these components, we
explain how mobility data science differs from general data science, we survey
the current state of the art and describe open challenges for the research
community in the coming years.Comment: Updated arXiv metadata to include two authors that were missing from
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Taking the pulse of COVID-19: A spatiotemporal perspective
The sudden outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swept across the
world in early 2020, triggering the lockdowns of several billion people across
many countries, including China, Spain, India, the U.K., Italy, France,
Germany, and most states of the U.S. The transmission of the virus accelerated
rapidly with the most confirmed cases in the U.S., and New York City became an
epicenter of the pandemic by the end of March. In response to this national and
global emergency, the NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center brought together a
taskforce of international researchers and assembled implemented strategies to
rapidly respond to this crisis, for supporting research, saving lives, and
protecting the health of global citizens. This perspective paper presents our
collective view on the global health emergency and our effort in collecting,
analyzing, and sharing relevant data on global policy and government responses,
geospatial indicators of the outbreak and evolving forecasts; in developing
research capabilities and mitigation measures with global scientists, promoting
collaborative research on outbreak dynamics, and reflecting on the dynamic
responses from human societies.Comment: 27 pages, 18 figures. International Journal of Digital Earth (2020
Traffic Prediction using Artificial Intelligence: Review of Recent Advances and Emerging Opportunities
Traffic prediction plays a crucial role in alleviating traffic congestion
which represents a critical problem globally, resulting in negative
consequences such as lost hours of additional travel time and increased fuel
consumption. Integrating emerging technologies into transportation systems
provides opportunities for improving traffic prediction significantly and
brings about new research problems. In order to lay the foundation for
understanding the open research challenges in traffic prediction, this survey
aims to provide a comprehensive overview of traffic prediction methodologies.
Specifically, we focus on the recent advances and emerging research
opportunities in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based traffic prediction methods,
due to their recent success and potential in traffic prediction, with an
emphasis on multivariate traffic time series modeling. We first provide a list
and explanation of the various data types and resources used in the literature.
Next, the essential data preprocessing methods within the traffic prediction
context are categorized, and the prediction methods and applications are
subsequently summarized. Lastly, we present primary research challenges in
traffic prediction and discuss some directions for future research.Comment: Published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
(TR_C), Volume 145, 202
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