Geotagged Photos on the Internet as a Data Source for Geographic Research
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620030061
Abstract
The article presents an overview of geographical studies analyzing the spatial distribution of photographs points’ coordinates. These photos were uploaded by users on various open Internet resources: photo sharing, social networks, etc. Approaches to the classification of this kind of geographical research on the coverage of the territory, thematic focus, methodological principles are described. Naming of geotagged photos in the scientific literature are analyzed. Identified several thematic areas of research, where users’ geotagged photos are the study object. Their features are described. Examples of the researches conducted based on the photogeolocations’ analysis are given in different branches of geographical science: geography of tourism, behavioral geography, aesthetic geography, cultural geography, and others. The conclusions relate to the possibilities and features of the use of such data source as photographs’ geolocations in geographical research, as well as the prospects for such research for the Russian territories.
Supporting agencies: The study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-35-00160
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- Geolocated photos are a new data source for research in behavioural, cultural, aesthetic, and other areas of geography.
- The majority of the research with image geolocation analysis is presented in the geography of tourism.
- For large-scale studies, not only geolocation data is analysed, but also the images, descriptions, and tags.
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Gribok M.V. Geotagged Photos on the Internet as a Data Source for Geographic Research. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2020;84(3):461-469. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620030061
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