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  • Mobility studies
  • Geospatial analysis
  • Digital footprint analysis

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  • Tracking human movement across borders is challenging, necessitating novel data sources.
  • Smartphones and geo-located social media provide a digital footprint of user movement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze human movement patterns using geo-located tweets.
  • To assess the utility of Twitter data for mapping mobility at various scales.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 10 months of geo-located tweets from Kenya.
  • Examination of movement at temporal (daily to periodic) and spatial (local to international) scales.

Main Results:

  • Successfully captured diverse human movement patterns.
  • Identified both short and long-distance travel, including cross-border movement.
  • Revealed regional connections and inter/intra-region dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Geo-located tweets are a valuable data stream for understanding human mobility.
  • This approach offers insights into regional connectivity and cross-border interactions.
  • Findings have broad implications for mobility studies and regional dynamics mapping.