This data package contains six landscape value indicators that are based on concentrations of social media content from Panoramio, Flickr and Instagram across Europe. Using these layers, we quantify non-urban outdoor recreation and on-site aesthetic enjoyment at the European scale.
When using this data, please refer to the following paper:
Boris T. van Zanten, Derek B Van Berkel , Ross K Meentemeyer , Jordan W Smith , Koen F. Tieskens , Peter H Verburg (2016) Continental scale quantification of landscape values using social media data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
Datafile: landscape-value-indicators-social-media.zip
The maps are in the Albers equal area conic projection (WGS 1972) with a resolution of 1×1 km and 5×5 km. The data are provided in ESRI GRID format.
- Panoramio 1x1km resolution (Pano_1k): the count of photos per unit area in the EU-27 excluding Malta (2006-2015)
- Panoramio 5x5km resolution (Pano_5k_m): the count of photos per unit area in non-urban areas in the EU-27 excluding Malta (2006-2015)
- Flickr 1x1km resolution (Flickr_1k): the count of photos per unit area in the EU-27 excluding Malta (2004-2015)
- Flickr 5x5km resolution (Flickr_5k_m): the count of photos per unit area in non-urban areas in the EU-27 excluding Malta (2004-2015)
- Instagram 1x1km resolution (Insta_1k): the count of photos per unit area in the EU-27 excluding Malta (2014-2015)
- Instagram 5x5km resolution (Insta_5k_m): the count of photos per unit area in non-urban areas in the EU-27 excluding Malta (2015).