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Mobile Positioning Based Tourism Monitoring System: Positium Barometer

In: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008

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  • Rein Ahas

    (University of Tartu)

  • Erki Saluveer

    (Positium LBS Tartu)

  • Margus Tiru

    (Positium LBS Tartu)

  • Siiri Silm

    (University of Tartu)

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.

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  • Rein Ahas & Erki Saluveer & Margus Tiru & Siiri Silm, 2008. "Mobile Positioning Based Tourism Monitoring System: Positium Barometer," Springer Books, in: Peter O’Connor & Wolfram Höpken & Ulrike Gretzel (ed.), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008, pages 475-485, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-211-77280-5_42
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-77280-5_42
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