socialtrackr a research tool for gathering, viewing and analyzing socio-spatio-temporal data through...
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SocialTrackr
A research tool for gathering, viewing and analyzing socio-spatio-temporal data through a mobile device.
Image: perey.com (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackr
The Application Tracks:• Location• Time• Online Social Network Activity
• Facebook | twitter | foursquare
• Phone Call• SMS Messaging
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SocialTrackr
Record GPS location every 10 minutes
Also record time and location when…
• SMS is received or sent• Phone call is received or placed• Online social network applications is launched
Image: mobilemonday.it (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackr
Record GPS location every 10 minutes
Also record time and location when…
• SMS is received or sent• Phone call is received or placed• Online social network applications is launched
Send data to the server every 2 hours• Require data connection• No interactive application running
Image: mobilemonday.it (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackr
Record GPS location every 10 minutes
Also record time and location when…
• SMS is received or sent• Phone call is received or placed• Online social network applications is launched
Send data to the server every 2 hours• Require data connection• No interactive application running
Crawl authorized online social network applications once a day• Store social events / interactions (eg. twitter post, Facebook photo post)
Image: mobilemonday.it (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackr
User Interface
• User launches application• Disclaimer “for research purposes only”
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SocialTrackr
User Interface
• User launches application• Disclaimer “for research purposes only”• Toggle Buttons for allowing access to
• Location data every 10 minutes• Online social network data• SMS/Call times (not content)
Image: iconfinder.com (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackr
User Interface
• User launches application• Disclaimer “for research purposes only”• Toggle Buttons for allowing access to
• Location data every 10 minutes• Online social network data• SMS/Call times (not content)
• User closes application• Continues to run as a service in the background
• Reminder notification once a week
Image: iconfinder.com (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackrAdministrator Interface
• View map of user track by day• color coded points for track and activity (e.g. twitter post)• built on top of OpenStreetMap / CloudMade Android API
Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackrAdministrator Interface
• View map of user track by day• color coded points for track and activity (e.g. twitter post)• built on top of OpenStreetMap / CloudMade Android API
• View space/time polygon based on farthest user extents
Image: mapperz.blogspot.com/ (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
SocialTrackrAdministrator Interface
• View map of user track by day• color coded points for track and activity (e.g. twitter post)• built on top of OpenStreetMap / CloudMade Android API
• View space/time polygon based on farthest user extents
• View kernel density “Heat Map” raster - Use GRASS 2D isotropic model on server - Overlay on OpenStreetMap
Image: abinadimeza.blogspot.com (Jan 2011)Grant McKenzie . ECE 594BB . 2/2/2011
