Where are we going? Spatial and Mobility Aspects of Twitter Streams

Social media and micro blogging plattforms such as Twitter are becoming an ever bigger part of our life. At the same time, cities and regions all over the world face growing transit problems which can only be handled by developing better transport systems. This work shows the potential of tweets as a data source for intelligent transport systems. It presents examples analyzing both spatial and textual tweet content and shows how to bring it all together.