Context-aware similarity of trajectories

Maike Buchin, Somayeh Dodge, Bettina Speckmann

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Abstract

The movement of animals, people, and vehicles is embedded in a geographic context. This context influences the movement. Most analysis algorithms for trajectories have so far ignored context, which severely limits their applicability. In this paper we present a model for geographic context that allows us to integrate context into the analysis of movement data. Based on this model we develop simple but efficient context-aware similarity measures. We validate our approach by applying these measures to hurricane trajectories.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGeographic Information Science - 7th International Conference, GIScience 2012, Proceedings
Pages43-56
Number of pages14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event7th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2012 - Columbus, OH, United States
Duration: Sep 18 2012Sep 21 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7478 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other7th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityColumbus, OH
Period9/18/129/21/12

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
M. Buchin and B. Speckmann are supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) under project no. 612.001.106 and no. 639.022.707, respectively. S. Dodge was supported in parts by Forschungskredit University of Zurich (Credit No. 57060804), and NASA grant number NNX11AP61G.

Keywords

  • Movement data
  • geographic context
  • similarity measures

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