Abstract

Geovisualizations for Public Opinion in Smart Cities
Track: Research & Sciences
Authors: Matthew Tenney, G. Brent Hall

Social media has an increasingly important role for facilitating communication between governments and citizens. These streams of geosocial data can shed light on people’s traditions, sentiments, and behavior at an unprecedented scales. However, such large datasets bring challenges to analysis using conventional methodologies and tools. We use Twitter data and Esri technology to create dynamic geovisualizations of public opinion for use in informing municipal decision making.