Remote sensing and social sensing for socioeconomic systems: A comparison study between nighttime lights and location-based social media at the 500 m spatial resolution

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Naizhuo Zhao, Guofeng Cao, Wei Zhang, Eric L. Samson, Yong Chen

Published: 01 Jan 2020, Last Modified: 14 May 2025Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation 2020EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•Geo-tagged tweets were produced as tweet images at 500 m resolution.•Monthly tweet images are closely correlated with VIIRS-DNB images at the pixel level.•Tweet images can be used to assess or map human activities similarly to NTL images.•Monthly tweet images are more stable (free of seasonal effects) than VIIRS-DNB images.