How spatial epidemiology helps understand infectious human disease transmission

CH Lin, TH Wen - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both directly and indirectly transmitted infectious diseases in humans are spatial-related.
Spatial dimensions include: distances between susceptible humans and the environments …

Smartphone GPS tracking—Inexpensive and efficient data collection on recreational movement

S Korpilo, T Virtanen, S Lehvävirta - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017 - Elsevier
This research note describes the methodological and practical applications of using
smartphone GPS tracking (SGT) to explore the spatial distribution and density of recreational …

Using smartphone-GPS data to quantify human activity in green spaces

A Filazzola, G Xie, K Barrett, A Dunn… - PLoS Computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Cities are growing in density and coverage globally, increasing the value of green spaces
for human health and well-being. Understanding the interactions between people and green …

More than A to B: Understanding and managing visitor spatial behaviour in urban forests using public participation GIS

S Korpilo, T Virtanen, T Saukkonen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Planning and management needs up-to-date, easily-obtainable and accurate information on
the spatial and social aspects of visitor behaviour in order to balance human use and …

On the (in-) accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: a study of running tracking applications

C Bauer - Proceedings of International conference on advances …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Sports tracking applications are increasingly available on the market, and research has
recently picked up this topic. Tracking a user's running track and providing feedback on the …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of mobile phone technology for personal environmental monitoring

D Donaire-Gonzalez, A Valentín… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2016 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Tracking individuals in environmental epidemiological studies using novel
mobile phone technologies can provide valuable information on geolocation and physical …

[PDF][PDF] Tropical forest tree positioning accuracy: A comparison of low cost GNSS-enabled devices

M Fauzi, N Idris, M Yahya, A Din, A Lau… - International Journal of …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Today, faster than any previous communication technology, mobile technology such as
smartphones, tablet phone and notebook has made a huge difference to the lives of a great …

Resource constrained onboard controller system for real-time fishing boat tracking in high seas

R Guntha, NBS Shibu, SN Rao - 2019 9th international …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tracking the location of fishing boats in real-time had been a major concern to families and
administrators. The solutions available in the market are either too costly or do not provide …

Human Sensing Meets People Crowd Detection-A Case of Developing Countries

A Obbo, E Nabaasa, P Ariho - European Journal of Technology, 2022 - ajpojournals.org
Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to examine the application of sensors and
sensor networks for detection of people crowds in developing cities. This paper discusses …

Where am I? Characterizing and improving the localization performance of off-the-shelf mobile devices through cooperation

H Liang, HS Kim, HP Tan… - NOMS 2016-2016 IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We are increasingly reliant on cellular data services for many types of day-to-day activities,
from hailing a cab, to searching for nearby restaurants. Geo-location has become a …