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Geospatial Data Science Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Geospatial Data Science Quick Start Guide Effective techniques for performing smarter geospatial analysis using location intelligence

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789809411
Length 170 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
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Jayakrishnan Vijayaraghavan Jayakrishnan Vijayaraghavan
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Jayakrishnan Vijayaraghavan
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Getting Location Recommender Systems

Recommendation systems are primarily used to predict the preference or rating of a user for an item. They are widely used in many commercial applications, including product and service recommendations, as well as content and friendship recommendations in social media. However, recommendation systems are not only used for products on Amazon or movies on Netflix but also locations. Location-based recommenders incorporate the location of users to provide relevant and precise recommendations. These can be a point of interest recommendations, such as restaurants, events in nearby locations, or posts and local trends in social media. In this chapter, we will cover different recommender systems, including collaborative filtering methods and location-based recommendation methods. We will take an example of a restaurant recommender system application...

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