22 Oct

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The Value of Geographic Locations Submitted by Internet Users

Autori
  • Dan Komosny
    • Odsjek za telekomunikacije, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Češka Republika
  • Miralem Mehic
    • Odsjek za telekomunikacije, Univerzitet u Sarajevu, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Odsjek za telekomunikacije, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Češka Republika
Abstrakt

Internet users may be asked to manually provide their contact details including city or full postal address. Examples include use of trial/free applications and services, filling out on-line surveys and petitions, and membership registration to loyalty programs. Many users may provide their correct location, whereas others may submit inaccurate data. The provided locations are used for geo-analytical purposes including the interpretation of survey results, on-line content personalization, and targeted marketing. In this paper we analyse differences in user behaviour when they provide their location. We work with two datasets of user-submitted locations. These datasets differ in how the locations were submitted: voluntary by purpose-aware users without being asked to or by requesting it from common Internet users. The locations from the purpose-aware users were about 2.5× more accurate than from the other users. We also present data for selected countries. The best result was found for the users in the USA with a median error of 44 km (the difference between the correct and user-submitted location). The results also show different user behaviour depends on the place from which they provide their location. The locations submitted from home were 1.5× more accurate than from the office.

Ključne riječi

User Location,Internet Geography,IP Address,RIPE Atlas

DOI
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Pravila citiranja

D. Komosny and M. Mehic, “The Value of Geographic Locations Submitted by Internet Users,” in IEEE Access, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-1. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2876973

Časopis

IEEE Access

Elektronski ISSN
2169-3536
Izdavač

IEEE

Impakt faktor

3.557 (2017)

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

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