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TY - GEN
T1 - Challenges in geocoding socially-generated data
AU - Huck, Jonny
AU - Whyatt, Duncan
AU - Coulton, Paul
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - An investigation into the difficulties facing researchers attempting to geocode data derived from social networking sites for analysis is presented. A number of issues are identified including the lack of any inherent scale in either the socially-generated data or the results for a geocoder, and the ambiguous nature of place names. A methodology is therefore presented that may be followed by the researcher in order to address these issues, and as such improve the quality and meaning of spatial analysis that is based upon these data.
AB - An investigation into the difficulties facing researchers attempting to geocode data derived from social networking sites for analysis is presented. A number of issues are identified including the lack of any inherent scale in either the socially-generated data or the results for a geocoder, and the ambiguous nature of place names. A methodology is therefore presented that may be followed by the researcher in order to address these issues, and as such improve the quality and meaning of spatial analysis that is based upon these data.
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781862202948
VL - 1
SP - 39
EP - 45
BT - Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 20th Annual Conference
A2 - Whyatt, Duncan
A2 - Rowlingson, Barry
PB - Lancaster University
CY - Lancaster
ER -