Abstract

A point of interest (PoI) can be described as a set of coordinates that signify a location or landmark, and these include food services, health facilities, education facilities, and entertainment venues. City and regional planners use PoI data to capture amenities in local areas, assess design plans, measure the economic health of an area, learn about change over time, and visualize sites on maps. Geolocated PoI data is sourced from places like the Yellow Pages, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yelp, and government registries of businesses. With advancements such as public crowdsourced reviews, mobility data, and text analysis methods, we can enrich PoI data with information that reflects the value and role of PoIs.

Bio

Clio Andris is an associate professor in the School of City and Regional Planning and the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. Her background is in Geographic Information Science (GIScience). Her research group, the Friendly Cities Lab, conducts research on spatial social networks, data-driven urban planning methods, and geovisualization, and is affiliated with the Information Visualization Lab at Georgia Tech. She serves as the director of the Masters of Geographic Information Science and Technology (MS-GIST) degree program in the School of City and Regional Planning, and she serves on the U.S. National Geospatial Advisory Committee.