Abstract
This study aims to develop a social recommendation media GIS (Geographic Information Systems) specially tailored to recommend tourist spots. The conclusions of this study are summarized in the following three points. (1) Social media GIS, an information system which integrates Web-GIS, SNS and recommendation system into a single system, was conducted in the central part of Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The social media GIS uses a design which displays its usefulness in reducing the constraints of information inspection, time and space, and continuity, making it possible to redesign systems in accordance with target cases. (2) The social media GIS was operated for two months for members of the general public who are more than 18 years old. The total numbers of users was 98, and the number of pieces of information submitted was 232. (3) The web questionnaires of users showed the usefulness of the integration of Web-GIS, SNS and recommendation systems, because the functions of reference and recommendation can be expected to support tourists’ excursion behavior. Since the access survey of log data showed that about 35% of accesses were from mobile information terminals, it can be said that the preparation of an optimal interface for such terminals was effective.
Highlights
In recent years the transformation of Japan to an information-intensive society is progressing, and a variety of information is being transmitted using the internet
Based on the above-mentioned background, the aim of the present study is to uniquely develop a social recommendation GIS (Geographic Information Systems) which integrates a Web-GIS, an SNS, and a recommendation system, and is designed for recommending tourist spots, in order to support users’ efficient acquisition of information about tourist spots in urban tourist areas, about which a variety of information is transmitted, by enabling information to be accumulated, shared, and recommended
The second reason is that, as will be described in detail in Section IV.B.2), in the present study, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.’s (ESRI’s) ArcGIS Server is used as the Web-GIS; a recommendation system cannot be directly included in the ArcGIS Server
Summary
In recent years the transformation of Japan to an information-intensive society is progressing, and a variety of information is being transmitted using the internet. Due to the large amount of information, and the variety of types of information, it is difficult for users to appropriately select and acquire necessary information by themselves. The amount of information submitted and made public about tourist spots in urban areas is very large compared to that for regional tourist spots, and it is difficult for people who do not have much knowledge of or acquaintance with the places concerned to efficiently obtain information necessary for taking tourist trips. By using an information system to change this “experience-based knowledge” into “explicit knowledge” which can be accumulated, organized, utilized, and made public, collecting the knowledge, and having users share the knowledge with each other, it will become possible for users to efficiently obtain necessary information and to go on fulfilling tourist excursions
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