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 Image: androidheadlines.com(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 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” 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) 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

SocialTrackr Administrator 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

SocialTrackr Administrator 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

SocialTrackr Administrator 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

SocialTrackr Suggestions? geogrant.com/socialtrackr Grant McKenzie. ECE 594BB. 2/2/2011