Travel Route Recommendation via Location-Based Social Network and Skyline Query

Abstract

Although it is possible to quickly make travel route planning through many existing services, such as online map services or GPS, the shortest travel distance or the optimized path recommended by using only a single criterion is not satisfied the traveler’s needs. How to effectively find a reasonable path between point-of-interests and satisfy the requirements of users with different travel preferences will be a research topic worthy to explore. This study uses location-based social network and skyline query method to recommend travel routes to meet user preferences. We establish a traffic route network for various attractions based on the social networking data provided on Foursquare and Instagram and city bus open data. Then skyline query and top-k method are combined to recommend travel routes that cover different landscape categories and meet user preferences. The main contribution of this research is to provide travelers with a recommendation service that integrates social networks and traffic open data to provide suitable travel routes.