Research Article

Assessment of Smartphone Positioning Data Quality in the Scope of Citizen Science Contributions

Table 1

Study area and target population.

Study areaFlanders

Area size (square kilometres)13,522, source: National Committee of Geography of Belgium
Population in study area16,444,127
Target populationGeneral
Transport modesFoot, bike, drive, passenger, bus, tram, train, and moto
Trip activityCommuting, business related, and recreational trips
Data collection periodFeb 2013–Jul 2015
Number of GNSS locations10,048,552
Number of travelled kilometres71,359
Trip segments8,851
Devices (participants)2457

. or smartphone does not necessarily map a single user, since some devices were shared among the participants.