A MapReduce based Algorithm for Spatial Aggregation of Microblog Data in Spatial Social Analytics

Hyun Gu Cho, Pyoung Woo Yang, Ki Hyun Yoo, Kwang Woo Nam

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In recent times, microblogs have become popular owing to the development of the Internet and mobile environments. Among the various types of microblog data, those containing location data are referred to as spatial social Web objects. General aggregations of such microblog data include data aggregation per user for a single piece of information. This study proposes a spatial aggregation algorithm that combines a general aggregation with spatial data and uses the Geohash and MapReduce operations to perform spatial social analysis, by using microblog data with the characteristics of a spatial social Web object. The proposed algorithm provides the foundation for a meaningful spatial social analysis.