Spatiotemporal Comparison of National Park Visitation Counts with Photo-User-Days
Research Mentor(s)
Noguchi, Kimihiro
Description
Comparing national park visitation counts (NPC) with photo-user-days (PUD) from the social media site Flicker allows prediction for future visitation rates which lowers the cost of data collection. By analyzing spatiotemporal data from NPC and PUD through the method of inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation, we provide new evidence that suggests that PUD are similar to NPC. Specifically, PUD and NPS are similar in how they show an increase in visitation rates in the Northern portion of the Western United States during summer months and an increase in visitation rates in the Southern portion of the Western United States during winter months.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
17-5-2018 12:00 AM
End Date
17-5-2018 12:00 AM
Department
Mathematics
Genre/Form
student projects, posters
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Recreation areas--Public use--Statistical methods
Geographic Coverage
West (U.S.)
Type
Image
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Spatiotemporal Comparison of National Park Visitation Counts with Photo-User-Days
Comparing national park visitation counts (NPC) with photo-user-days (PUD) from the social media site Flicker allows prediction for future visitation rates which lowers the cost of data collection. By analyzing spatiotemporal data from NPC and PUD through the method of inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation, we provide new evidence that suggests that PUD are similar to NPC. Specifically, PUD and NPS are similar in how they show an increase in visitation rates in the Northern portion of the Western United States during summer months and an increase in visitation rates in the Southern portion of the Western United States during winter months.