In this chapter, we introduce and define the meaning of location-based social network
(LBSN) and discuss the research philosophy behind LBSNs from the perspective of users …

The proliferation of GPS-enabledmobile devises and the popularity of social networking
have recently led to the rapid growth of Geo-Social Networks (GeoSNs). GeoSNs have …

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 …

Geo-social group search aims to find a group of people proximate to a location while socially
related. One of the driven applications for geo-social group search is organizing an …

Abstract In the Internet of Things, the relevance of data often depends on the geographic
context of data producers and consumers. Today's data distribution services, however …

With the inception of the Twitter microblogging platform in 2006, a myriad of research efforts
have emerged studying different aspects of the Twittersphere. Each study exploits its own …

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

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 …

Cellular phones and GPS-based navigation systems allow recording the location history of
users, to find places the users frequently visit and routes along which the users frequently …

The increasing use of social media and the recent advances in geo-positioning technologies
have produced a great amount of geosocial data, consisting of spatial, textual, and social …