Spatiotemporal model for assessing the stability of urban human convergence and divergence patterns

Understanding the stability of urban flows is critical for urban transportation, urban planning and public health. However, few studies have measured the stability of aggregate human convergence or divergence patterns. We propose a spatiotemporal model for assessing the stability of human convergence and divergence patterns. A mobile phone location data set obtained from Shenzhen, China, was used to assess the stability of daily human convergence and divergence patterns at three different spatial scales, i.e. points (cell phone towers), lines (bus lines) and areas (traffic analysis zones [TAZs]). Our analysis results demonstrated that the proposed model can identify points and bus lines with time-dependent variations in stability, which is useful for delineating TAZs for transportation planning, or adjusting bus timetables and routes to meet the needs of bus riders. Comparisons of the results obtained from the proposed model and the widely used entropy measure indicated that the proposed model is suitable for assessing the differences in stability for various types of spatial analysis units, e.g. cell phone towers. Therefore, the proposed model is a useful alternative approach of measuring spatiotemporal stability of aggregate human convergence and divergence patterns, which can be derived from the space–time trajectories of moving objects.     

The uses of value

This paper proposes a new theory of value based on the observation of how people use this term. In everyday life the word value is commonly used to refer equally to what might be regarded as the incommensurable polarity between value as price, and value as priceless, sometimes portrayed as the contrast between value and values. My theory starts from trying to learn how people manage to use value as a means of bridging this divide. As such it opposes itself to ‘bottom-line’ theories of value. These range from vulgarised forms of Marx’s labour theory of value, to the way management consultants tried to impose a universal belief in shareholder value. An example is provided of how such bottom-line thinking undermined a UK government audit called best-value, and is also found in highly reductionist attempts to impose new-age values in management. By contrast, examples are given of how value is created in the process of bridging the divide between value and values, starting from the work of Zelizer and the case of concubines in 5th century BC Athens. Further examples range from the department store John Lewis to the Swedish social democratic state. Finally the application of this theory is considered in relation to a recent attempts to evaluate the impact of the mobile phone on low-income Jamaicans.     

Evidence and future potential of mobile phone data for disease disaster management

Global health threats such as the recent Ebola and Zika virus outbreaks require rapid and robust responses to prevent, reduce and recover from disease dispersion. As part of broader big data and digital humanitarianism discourses, there is an emerging interest in data produced through mobile phone communications for enhancing the data environment in such circumstances. This paper assembles user perspectives and critically examines existing evidence and future potential of mobile phone data derived from call detail records (CDRs) and two-way short message service (SMS) platforms, for managing and responding to humanitarian disasters caused by communicable disease outbreaks. We undertake a scoping review of relevant literature and in-depth interviews with key informants to ascertain the: (i) information that can be gathered from CDRs or SMS data; (ii) phase(s) in the disease disaster management cycle when mobile data may be useful; (iii) value added over conventional approaches to data collection and transfer; (iv) barriers and enablers to use of mobile data in disaster contexts; and (v) the social and ethical challenges. Based on this evidence we develop a typology of mobile phone data sources, types, and end-uses, and a decision-tree for mobile data use, designed to enable effective use of mobile data for disease disaster management. We show that mobile data holds great potential for improving the quality, quantity and timing of selected information required for disaster management, but that testing and evaluation of the benefits, constraints and limitations of mobile data use in a wider range of mobile-user and disaster contexts is needed to fully understand its utility, validity, and limitations.     

华为P40手机北斗三频观测数据质量及噪声分析

研究华为P40手机终端北斗三频观测数据质量及噪声特性,通过与测量型接收机对比分析发现,P40手机海思芯片具有较好的北斗三号信号捕获能力,B1I、 B1C和B2a三频信号信噪比略低于测量型天线,且3个频点均存在与终端芯片相关的系统误差。外置天线零基线实验结果表明,P40手机海思芯片零基线定位精度达到mm级,伪距和载波相位噪声可达到测量接收机噪声精度水平,B2a伪距噪声优于0.5 m,3个频点的相位噪声均优于2 mm。     

基于手机信令数据的城市小活动空间人群空间分布特征

小活动空间人群是指日常活动范围较小的居民群体,他们对城市公共资源的需求主要集中在家庭位置附近的区域,分析其活动的时空规律特征,有助于更好地实现城市公共资源的均等化和精准化配置。然而目前研究中对此类人群关注较少,为此,本文提出一种基于手机信令数据的小活动空间人群识别及其空间分布的研究方法。首先识别用户家庭位置和停留点位置,构建基家最大距离指标,度量用户以家庭位置为中心的活动空间范围,并据此筛选小活动空间人群;其次根据用户与家庭位置间的距离信息构建“时间-距离”框架下的用户轨迹,在此基础上构建基于面积的轨迹相似性方法;然后利用逐级合并的层次聚类算法,根据用户轨迹的相似性对其进行聚类,挖掘小活动空间人群中典型活动模式;最后根据用户的家庭位置,进一步分析不同活动模式人群的时空分布特征。本文以上海市手机信令数据为例对该方法进行了测试,结果表明：① “时间-距离”框架下构建的基于面积的轨迹相似性方法,可反映用户基于家庭位置进行活动的时空特征,而逐级合并的层次聚类算法对典型活动模式挖掘的效率有明显提高,有助于研究城市居民的移动模式;② 上海市小活动空间人群分布呈现出圈层结构,主要分布在中心城区,郊区的工厂和大学城以及各区的商业中心附近,在郊区过渡区相对较少。本文提出的方法能够用于分析城市小活动空间人群的时空分布特征,可以为目前各大城市提出建设社区生活圈的决策提供方法支撑。     

浅谈手机GPS在国土资源管理中的实用技巧

近年来手持GPS在基层国土资源管理部门的野外调查工作中的需求越来越迫切。利用智能手机GPS的功能配合专业的手机GPS软件可快速高效地实现土地权属确认、长度测算、准确定位等野外调查和监测工作,并且能满足一般精度的测量要求。较之价格高昂的专业GPS,该方法具有费用低廉、操作便捷的特点,非常适合基层国土资源工作人员掌握使用。     

Metropolitan dynamics in Israel: an emerging “metropolitan island state”?

This study analyzes metropolitan dynamics in a small country with an “island state” context of closed boundaries, using commuting data and mobile phone tracking data. We examine whether the Israeli context encourages the formation of a monocentric “metropolitan state,” characterized by increasing links between localities throughout the country and its principal metropolitan node (Tel Aviv)—rather than with secondary metropolitan areas—and by fuzzy, overlapping metropolitan boundaries. Commuting data from the 1995 and 2008 censuses show that metropolitan expansion processes in Israel are gradual. Mobile phone tracking data for 2013 reveal similar patterns, confirming the urban structure’s stability and the reliability of tracking data as a means of assessing metropolitan processes. The “island state” context supports growing monocentricity, but, when it comes to commuting and travel for other purposes, Israel is not yet a metropolitan state; metropolitan boundaries are not as fuzzy and rapidly changing as expected.     

基于手机基站数据的城市交通流量模拟

基于移动定位数据的城市内社会经济活动特征分析是人类移动性的重要研究内容,而交通流量更是这些特征的基本反映。为还原城市道路网络的使用情况并分析其分布特征,本文从产生交通流量的个体出发,对包含基站位置的手机话单数据进行系统抽样,利用蒙特卡洛方法产生个体的出行起止点,并结合当地道路交通网络求得最短路径,最后估算出一天内道路交通网络上的流量分布。通过分析发现：城市内大部分道路的流量小,使用率低,大部分交通流量集中在小部分主干道路;进一步统计分析可知,当地道路交通流量符合20/80规律,即大约20%的道路承担着80%的交通流量;而对不同类型的道路,流量分布也反映出其在城市道路网络中的地位和作用。此研究对于历史交通流量分布的重现、城市道路交通模式的研究以及基于此的道路网络规划情景模拟都有着重要意义。     

城市人群聚集消散时空模式探索分析——以深圳市为例

城市中人群的移动是带有目的性的,城市空间结构功能也存在差异,导致人群在城市中出现聚集或消散的现象,而且该现象会随着时间不断变化。本文基于海量的手机位置数据,以深圳市为例,采用自相关分析识别出城市中人群聚集与消散的区域,然后将这些区域一天中人群聚散组合成时间序列矩阵,采用自组织图聚类方法（SOM）进行聚类得到9种典型的人群聚集、消散时空模式,结合土地利用现状数据,分析解释了每种聚散模式最可能出现的土地利用组合。该研究从聚集和消散的角度探索了城市人群移动的时空模式,进一步帮助理解城市不同区域人群的移动模式以及与城市空间结构功能之间的关系,对城市规划、交通管理具有参考和指导意义。     

基于Android平台的灾情速报系统在于田7.3级地震中的应用

本文介绍了2014年2月12日新疆于田7.3级地震的背景及当前灾情获取的主要途径,分析了Android平台的灾情速报系统的架构与设计,以及客户端各个模块的功能和服务器端的业务处理流程,并对灾情报送、存储上传及获取的实现方法进行了阐述,同时将该系统成功地应用在于田7.3级地震的灾情快速报送和获取中.实践表明,本文设计的基于Android平台的灾情速报系统具有良好的实用价值.