2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of Potential-of-Interest Maps Using Tourists'Photo-Shooting Location Data and Their Application to Tourist Information Service

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23701030
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Geography
Research Institution	Tokyo Metropolitan University
Principal Investigator	KURATA Yohei 首都大学東京, 都市環境科学研究科, 准教授 (50585528)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	地理情報システム
Research Abstract	Making use of tourists’ photo data uploaded at online photo-sharing sites, we developed potential-of-interest maps, which visualize the locations where a number of tourists has got interested for some reasons. We also developed a mobile tourist information tool based on potential-of-interest maps and examined its usefulness by a user test. In addition, we developed several filters which distinguish tourism-related photos from others, with which we improved the maps’ quality. Potential-of-maps are useful also for tourist destinations when improving spatial designs and tourist information.

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