Location inference is the method of identifying the location profiles of users on
social media platforms such as
Twitter and
Facebook from their message content, friends' network and social interaction even when they did not explicitly disclose such on their account profiles or
geotag their messages.
Applications of location inference includes
disaster management
Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actuall ...
such as locating victims of earthquakes, consumer profiling for
targeted advertising, tailored news content and for law enforcement such as detection of
cyberbullying culprits.
References
Internet geolocation
Social media
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