Host: The Japan Society for Management Information
Location information is growing on the Internet, due to the spread of mobile devices and social media worldwide. This paper analyzes similarities and differences in information-posting behavior among locales based on geographical information extracted from images posted on blogs and location information services with Twitter. The geographical information is classified into the administrative divisions of Japan and each hour in a day. According to the results of analysis, in terms of mutual correlation, images are quickly posted on blogs in business centers, whereas they are posted on blogs long after they were shot in residential areas. Moreover, Twitter posts containing location information more closely resemble blog posts than images in terms of posting time.
