Mobile Positioning Based Tourism Monitoring System: Positium Barometer

Rein Ahas (), Erki Saluveer, Margus Tiru and Siiri Silm
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Rein Ahas: University of Tartu
Erki Saluveer: Positium LBS Tartu
Margus Tiru: Positium LBS Tartu
Siiri Silm: University of Tartu

A chapter in Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008, 2008, pp 475-485 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper introduces experiences with mobile positioning data in the web-based tourism management and monitoring system: “Positium Barometer”. The system has been developed for tourism enterprises, public authorities, scientists and planners to obtain statistical overviews and standardized analyses about the space-time movement of tourists. Positium Barometer uses passive mobile positioning data —location data that is stored automatically in the memory files (billing memory, hand-over logs etc) of mobile operators. Our database consists of records of the locations of roaming call activities in Estonia. Data is stored for every call activity of a foreign phone in Estonia. The data is anonymous, phone numbers and user data are not identified by mobile operators. LBS (Location Based Services) data is a new and promising source for studying the geography of tourism and space-time behaviour since the data is spatially more precise than questionnaires or accommodation statistics. The biggest problem of mobile positioning is fear of surveillance.

Keywords: mobile positioning; tourism geography; LBS; passive mobile positioning; Positium Barometer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-77280-5_42

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