Given a query location q, Geo-Social Ranking (GSR) ranks the users of a Geo-Social
Network based on their distance to q, the number of their friends in the vicinity of q, and …

Social networks with location enabling technologies, also known as geo-social networks,
allow users to share their location-specific activities and preferences through check-ins. A …

With the recent advances in location-acquisition techniques and GPS-embedded mobile
devices, traditional social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have acquired the …

Abstract Location-Based Services (LBSs) are becoming more social and Social Networks
(SNs) are increasingly including location components. Geo-Social Networks are bridging the …

Geo-social data plays a significant role in location discovery and recommendation. In this
light, we propose and study a novel problem of discovering accessible locations in spatial …

By" checking into''various points-of-interest (POIs), users create a rich source of location-
based social network data that can be used in expressive spatio-social queries. This paper …

The proliferation of GPS-enabled devices has led to the development of location-based
social network services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare. Users of these services …

With the rapid development of location-aware mobile devices, ubiquitous Internet access
and social computing technologies, lots of users' personal information, such as location data …

Recently, location-based social networks, that involve both social and spatial information,
have received much attention in many real-world applications such as location-based …

The prosperity of location-based social networking has paved the way for new applications
of group-based activity planning and marketing. While such applications heavily rely on geo …