Publication at Faculty of Science |
2013
Abstract
Detailed spatial information on numbers and structures of population at various hours of the day and days of the week has important application potential in urban management, physical planning and crisis management. This article presents some options for the use of mobile operators’ data for monitoring the number of present population and its daily/weekly fluctuation.
An extensive methodological discussion is followed by a case study in the use of mobile operators’ data in the settlement of Dolní Břežany. Empirical results confirm a wide usability for this data source.
Localization data from mobile telephones provide new and, in a certain way, unique information that is difficult to obtain in other ways.