TY - JOUR
T1 - Irreplaceable
T2 - the role of place information in a location based service
AU - Farrelly, Glen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2014/4/3
Y1 - 2014/4/3
N2 - Location is no longer only a backdrop of mobile device usage, as current location-based services (LBS) can customise content based on a user's geographic position. The application Foursquare has emerged as a leading commercial LBS. One of the first LBS to reach a large, global audience, Foursquare features geosocial networking, place listings, user reviews and recommendations. With physical place as the organising concept of the application, Foursquare combines locative technology with social media features to give users the ability to interact with place by writing place reviews, uploading photos or creating place listings into its database. The application enables users to access, create and share geographically relevant information in ways that would have been difficult before the advent of locative media. To explore how people were using LBS in relation to their places, a small-scale ethnographic study of Foursquare users was conducted using interviews, remote observation and contextual inquiry. The findings of the study indicate that Foursquare users sought, appreciated and made creative use of the application's geographically relevant place information.
AB - Location is no longer only a backdrop of mobile device usage, as current location-based services (LBS) can customise content based on a user's geographic position. The application Foursquare has emerged as a leading commercial LBS. One of the first LBS to reach a large, global audience, Foursquare features geosocial networking, place listings, user reviews and recommendations. With physical place as the organising concept of the application, Foursquare combines locative technology with social media features to give users the ability to interact with place by writing place reviews, uploading photos or creating place listings into its database. The application enables users to access, create and share geographically relevant information in ways that would have been difficult before the advent of locative media. To explore how people were using LBS in relation to their places, a small-scale ethnographic study of Foursquare users was conducted using interviews, remote observation and contextual inquiry. The findings of the study indicate that Foursquare users sought, appreciated and made creative use of the application's geographically relevant place information.
KW - Foursquare
KW - geolocation applications
KW - location based services
KW - locative media
KW - mobile information access
KW - space and place
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84919414286&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17489725.2013.879217
DO - 10.1080/17489725.2013.879217
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919414286
SN - 1748-9725
VL - 8
SP - 123
EP - 132
JO - Journal of Location Based Services
JF - Journal of Location Based Services
IS - 2
ER -