Geo-ratings and their relationship with the ratings of people

    There will be few letters, almost in the subject of small format content . The rating of a geographical place is not a new idea, although not very widespread, it looks interesting from different points of view. For example, a map of real estate prices in Kiev is not positioned as a rating, but in essence it is geo-rating, since the average price of an apartment is an integral assessment of the quality of life in this area. Or, looking at the map, you can see the most criminogenic areas (this is also not a rating of places, but it can easily be transformed into geo-rating). You can also think of georating in terms of choosing the most interesting places to travel. However, I would like to draw attention to the unusual possible use of geo-ratings - their connection with the ratings of people .

    Example: you live on Rublevka. It already characterizes you somehow. The usual routes of your movements characterize you even more — in which places you visit, which shops, clubs, theaters and other institutions you visit, the probable place of work, the probable presence of children (by visiting kindergartens and schools) - all this will tell about your social and cultural status, maybe truthful and more than information about you from social networks or the history of your search queries. More precisely, these are different sources of information that complement each other well. So Foursquare with its knowledge of users' checks in this regard is no less powerful than Google and Facebook.

    The only question is the sensible processing of this data. Therefore, in conclusion, I want to say that this is generally just an interesting topic from the point of sociology, understanding the structure of society, its various groups.

    Update as of October 30 , 2012. In the topic of the formation of geo-ratings: likes for real geographical objects .

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