Analysis of the spatial location of people

Passive mobile positioning data and detailed GPS data enable a variety of applied research and development of methodologies on issues related to the spatial location and movement of people, including from short-term intraday movements to long-term changes.

We offer research on foreign visitors based on passive mobile positioning data.

Siiri Silm

Siiri Silm

Associate Professor

siiri.silm@ut.ee

EU Fund
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Infotechnological Mobility Observatory

The research was conducted using the research infrastructure “Infotechnological Mobility Observatory” funded by the Estonian Research Council (TARISTU24-TK18)

Beneficiary: University of Tartu

Partners: Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, Statistics Estonia

Period: 2014 - 2029

Brief description: Growing spatial mobility is one of the important changes in modern society, which is related to the topics of external and internal migration, urbanization, entrepreneurship, inequality and regional development. Up-to-date and high-quality data are needed to study spatial mobility. The goal of IMO is to develop an innovative data infrastructure supporting mobility research, integrating geographically and longitudinally diverse national statistics and innovative IT data sources.