Title
Blog map of experiences: extracting and geographically mapping visitor experiences from urban blogs
Abstract
The prevalence of weblogs (blogs) has enabled people to share the personal experiences of tourists at specific locations and times. Such information was traditionally unavailable, except indirectly through local newspapers and periodicals. This paper describes a method of spatially and temporally obtaining specific experiences by extracting association rules from the content of blog articles. For example, we can read about visitors’ activities and evaluations of sightseeing spots. By geographically mapping their experiences, the proposed system enables observation of tourist activities and impressions of specific locations, which can often be more diverse than local guidebooks and more trustworthy than advertisements.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/11581062_40
WISE
Keywords
Field
DocType
sightseeing spot,local newspaper,urban blogs,specific location,specific experience,personal experience,local guidebook,blog map,proposed system,blog article,association rule,tourist activity,geographically mapping visitor experience
Information system,World Wide Web,Personal experience,Computer science,Apriori algorithm,Tourism,Newspaper,Association rule learning,Visitor pattern,The Internet
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
3806
0302-9743
3-540-30017-1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
20
2.02
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takeshi Kurashima131524.21
Taro Tezuka218916.05
Katsumi Tanaka31349160.89