Twaroch, F.A., Brindley, P.G. orcid.org/0000-0001-9989-9789, Clough, P. et al. (3 more authors) (2018) Investigating behavioural and computational approaches for defining imprecise regions. Spatial Cognition & Computation, 19 (2). pp. 146-171. ISSN 1387-5868
Abstract
People often communicate with reference to informally agreedplaces, such as “the city centre”. However, views of the spatial extent of such areas may vary, resulting in imprecise regions. We compare perceptions of Sheffield’s City Centre from a street survey to extents derived from various web-based sources. Such automated approaches have advantages of speed, cost and repeatability. We show that footprints from web sources are often in concordance with models derived from more labour-intensive methods. Notable exceptions however were found with sources advertising or selling residential property. Agreement between sources was measured by aggregating them to identify locations of consensus.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Spatial Cognition and Computation. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Geographic information retrieval; place; spatial cognition; social media; vague geography |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Landscape Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2018 10:18 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 14:32 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13875868.2018.1531871 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:136515 |