Comments on: Map of where toursists flock http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/ Strength in Numbers Thu, 24 May 2012 15:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: max http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44789 max Sun, 30 May 2010 23:15:51 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44789 I would say it more likely a heatmap of geographic attention servervly biased by local service preferences panoramio vs flickr et al. See Hotmap: Looking at Geographic Attention by Danyel Fisher published back in 2007 for a deeper analytic insight into that topic http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=69446 I would say it more likely a heatmap of geographic attention servervly biased by local service preferences panoramio vs flickr et al.

See Hotmap: Looking at Geographic Attention by Danyel Fisher published back in 2007 for a deeper analytic insight into that topic
http://research.microsoft.com/.....x?id=69446

]]> By: (Pic) World Tourist Hot Spot Map - PSFK http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44701 (Pic) World Tourist Hot Spot Map - PSFK Fri, 28 May 2010 18:23:06 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44701 [...] [via FlowingData] [...] [...] [via FlowingData] [...]

]]> By: Groxx http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44652 Groxx Thu, 27 May 2010 16:56:31 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44652 By the look of the map, it's probably defining "tourist" as someone leaving their home-nation and going to another nation. In which case of _course_ Europe will be significantly higher - bunch of tiny nations with open relations and next to no borders. As to the sheer quantity, I wonder what would happen if the USA were distorted & scaled to fit in the same shape as Europe. Without knowing the scale / data, it's basically impossible to know :\ By the look of the map, it’s probably defining “tourist” as someone leaving their home-nation and going to another nation. In which case of _course_ Europe will be significantly higher – bunch of tiny nations with open relations and next to no borders.

As to the sheer quantity, I wonder what would happen if the USA were distorted & scaled to fit in the same shape as Europe. Without knowing the scale / data, it’s basically impossible to know :\

]]> By: M. Katz http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44557 M. Katz Wed, 26 May 2010 15:44:37 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44557 Although fantastic to look at, I bet it's misleading in some important ways. For one, the color scaling may be logarithmic, and we don't know if there's an upper bound. Because San Francisco is geographically small, for example, you can't really tell if there are 100x more shots in SF than in all of the rest of Northern California. It looks like the US has a lower number of photos than, anywhere in Europe--and that may be true--but then all of the Panoramio photos in the US may be highly concentrated. P.S. Am I the only one who gets frustrated looking at Panaramio, that people don't spend the time to place their photos accurately. I've seen photos be hundreds of meters off, and what's the use of that? Although fantastic to look at, I bet it’s misleading in some important ways. For one, the color scaling may be logarithmic, and we don’t know if there’s an upper bound. Because San Francisco is geographically small, for example, you can’t really tell if there are 100x more shots in SF than in all of the rest of Northern California. It looks like the US has a lower number of photos than, anywhere in Europe–and that may be true–but then all of the Panoramio photos in the US may be highly concentrated.

P.S. Am I the only one who gets frustrated looking at Panaramio, that people don’t spend the time to place their photos accurately. I’ve seen photos be hundreds of meters off, and what’s the use of that?

]]> By: Tom http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44525 Tom Tue, 25 May 2010 19:31:45 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44525 If Panoramio usage is anything like that of Flickr....I would question the "touristiness" of the photos based on my observation that the Flickr accounts I frequently check in on (especially frequent uploaders) predominately feature photos taken in the vicinity of where the accountholder lives. To get true tourestiness they could, say, select photos taken more than "X" miles from the account holder's indicated place of residence. If Panoramio usage is anything like that of Flickr….I would question the “touristiness” of the photos based on my observation that the Flickr accounts I frequently check in on (especially frequent uploaders) predominately feature photos taken in the vicinity of where the accountholder lives. To get true tourestiness they could, say, select photos taken more than “X” miles from the account holder’s indicated place of residence.

]]> By: Leviev http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44523 Leviev Tue, 25 May 2010 19:17:01 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44523 more tourists in Europe than in the USA strange. more tourists in Europe than in the USA strange.

]]> By: Annika http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44520 Annika Tue, 25 May 2010 18:54:24 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44520 Wouldn't it be nice if they actually *showed* New Zealand on their map? Wouldn’t it be nice if they actually *showed* New Zealand on their map?

]]> By: World Map Of Touristyness | VizWorld.com http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44518 World Map Of Touristyness | VizWorld.com Tue, 25 May 2010 18:06:07 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44518 [...] and blue is low touristiness.via World Map Of Touristyness @ Information is Beautiful via: Map of where toursists flock @ Flowing Data About the Author: Paul Adams Paul Adams manages an award-winning team for a federal high [...] [...] and blue is low touristiness.via World Map Of Touristyness @ Information is Beautiful via: Map of where toursists flock @ Flowing Data About the Author: Paul Adams Paul Adams manages an award-winning team for a federal high [...]

]]> By: Daniel Howard http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44515 Daniel Howard Tue, 25 May 2010 15:38:45 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44515 Europeans get more vacation time, which makes Europe an excellent tourist destination. Europeans get more vacation time, which makes Europe an excellent tourist destination.

]]> By: Bill Mill http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/25/map-of-where-toursists-flock/#comment-44514 Bill Mill Tue, 25 May 2010 15:30:10 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=8554#comment-44514 The main problem with the data (in addition to the Panoramio-user-location bias you mentioned) is that he doesn't control for population density; Really the Grand Canyon should jump out more because nearly nobody lives there but many tourists visit it, while London and surrounding areas may appear quite brightly simply because many people live there. He's getting density of Panoramio users more than "touristiness". The main problem with the data (in addition to the Panoramio-user-location bias you mentioned) is that he doesn’t control for population density; Really the Grand Canyon should jump out more because nearly nobody lives there but many tourists visit it, while London and surrounding areas may appear quite brightly simply because many people live there.

He’s getting density of Panoramio users more than “touristiness”.

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