Comments on: The Geography of Facebook http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/ News and updates from GeoIQ Sat, 05 May 2012 23:20:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sean Gorman http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-172 Sean Gorman Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:12:02 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-172 Unfortunately the data available from Facebook only has the total number of users in each regional network and not a map of how a users social network maps to this. Back in GMU we played around with writing bots that would scare the social graph and the regional network, but never got around to it. Some of this may be available now through API's or OpenSocial, but have not looked into at all. Unfortunately the data available from Facebook only has the total number of users in each regional network and not a map of how a users social network maps to this. Back in GMU we played around with writing bots that would scare the social graph and the regional network, but never got around to it. Some of this may be available now through API’s or OpenSocial, but have not looked into at all.

]]> By: martin http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-171 martin Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:34:33 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-171 I think more intersting thean normalising the data as a population density, would be a study of linking a persons Facebook friends , With Toblers first law fo geography, "Everything is related to everything else, and near things are more related than distant things". While the results would appear to be obvoius I would enjoy seeing them plotted and I may attempt to get my classes this year to plot their results for homework or an assessment I think more intersting thean normalising the data as a population density, would be a study of linking a persons Facebook friends , With Toblers first law fo geography, “Everything is related to everything else, and near things are more related than distant things”. While the results would appear to be obvoius I would enjoy seeing them plotted and I may attempt to get my classes this year to plot their results for homework or an assessment

]]> By: amit http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-170 amit Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:41:16 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-170 In Canada, it seems that it is everywhere except Quebec http://geographyoffacebook.wordpress.com/ In Canada, it seems that it is everywhere except Quebec

http://geographyoffacebook.wordpress.com/

]]> By: seagor http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-169 seagor Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:59:09 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-169 Hi Jeremy, Good observation and correct. We did an upgrade to GeoCommons on Monday and it effected the mashups. Looks like the search radius on the heatmaps was increased quite a bit causing things to look askew. I went back and fixed the Facebook map so it should more accurately reflect the data. In general the heatmaps use an averaging algorithm , so the further away you zoom the more blurred together things get. Vice versa as you zoom in you get more detail and it becomes less blurry. Hi Jeremy,

Good observation and correct. We did an upgrade to GeoCommons on Monday and it effected the mashups. Looks like the search radius on the heatmaps was increased quite a bit causing things to look askew. I went back and fixed the Facebook map so it should more accurately reflect the data. In general the heatmaps use an averaging algorithm , so the further away you zoom the more blurred together things get. Vice versa as you zoom in you get more detail and it becomes less blurry.

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-168 Jeremy Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:14:06 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-168 I'm curious how the made was map, and how exactly the data was applied to it. From the map, it would appear that the vast majority of Facebook users are in Kentucky, though I'm not quite sure that's the case. While I understand the statistical differences between eastern/midwestern cities and western cities, it seems that the map over-dramatizes the gap. I’m curious how the made was map, and how exactly the data was applied to it. From the map, it would appear that the vast majority of Facebook users are in Kentucky, though I’m not quite sure that’s the case. While I understand the statistical differences between eastern/midwestern cities and western cities, it seems that the map over-dramatizes the gap.

]]> By: seagor http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-167 seagor Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:06:38 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-167 Ya - Zuckerburg was a Harvard student when it started. Fascinating that the geography of the innovation has played such a big role in its diffusion. We are working on normalizing the data by the population of the region, which should highlight the densest Facebook locations. It will be fun to see if anyone trumps the Twin Cities - I'd guess some of the college towns. Ya – Zuckerburg was a Harvard student when it started. Fascinating that the geography of the innovation has played such a big role in its diffusion. We are working on normalizing the data by the population of the region, which should highlight the densest Facebook locations. It will be fun to see if anyone trumps the Twin Cities – I’d guess some of the college towns.

]]> By: Eric Anondson http://blog.geoiq.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-166 Eric Anondson Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:54:46 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/2007/07/18/the-geography-of-facebook/#comment-166 Didn't Facebook start in an Ivy League school? Harvard I think? That would explain the concentration in the northeast. Also interesting is the high placement of the Twin Cities. Something like the 12-15th largest metro showing up as the 8th most represented in facebook. Didn’t Facebook start in an Ivy League school? Harvard I think? That would explain the concentration in the northeast.

Also interesting is the high placement of the Twin Cities. Something like the 12-15th largest metro showing up as the 8th most represented in facebook.

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