Research note: webcam images as potential data sources for tourism research

Author: Timothy Dallen J.   Groves David L.  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1470-1340

Source: Tourism Geographies, Vol.3, Iss.4, 2001-11, pp. : 394-404

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Abstract

This paper examines the potential of webcam images as sources of tourism-related data. A qualitative analysis was conducted on some 300 webcam images, resulting in the development of three typologies, or categories, of information: context, type of data, and limitations and weaknesses of obtaining certain types of data from webcam images.