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CurrentAmsterdam: imaging of data collected in Amsterdam

Aggregate call intensity around the Amsterdam Arena stadium. It peaks on Sunday, the day of the football game Total calls in the Amsterdam Central Railway Station area on each day of the week. Total calls in the famous Rembrandt Square nightlife area, where youngsters hang out until 6 a.m. Total calls in the WTC business district: there is little or no mobile phone activity outside normal office hours. Aggregate mobile phone activity in two hotspots of Amsterdam in the week around Queen's Day (30/04): it peaks in the Museum Square pedestrian area and diminishes in the WTC business district. A vision of Amsterdam during the national festivity of Queen's Day 08: A vision of Amsterdam during the national festivity of Queen's Day 08: aggregated mobile phone activities reveal people's concentration in the city center. An artist's impression of Amsterdam just after New Year’s Eve: at 4 a.m. there are still people in most of the public squares in the city center. A vision of Amsterdam during the national festivity of Queen's Day 2008: in the early afternoon people flock to Museum Square, where a concert is held. A vision of Amsterdam during the national festivity of Queen's Day 08: the analysis of mobile phone traffic reveals people's presence and movements.

 

Realtime Rome: visualizations of mobile phone usage patterns in Rome

Rome, Italy: aggregate picture of data transferred through the Telecom Italia cell phone. Rome, Italy: mean velocity and dominant direction of mobile phone users (Telecom Italia network) Concentrations of tourists around the main attractions in Rome (international roaming mobile phone traffic on the Telecom Italia network) Rome signatures: land-use maps drawn from mobile phone usage patterns, resembling the actual land use map of Rome.

 

Current Amsterdam: visualizations of text messaging activity around New Year's Eve

Text messaging activity at 22:00 hours (10 pm) four days before New Year's Eve in Amsterdam Text messaging activity at 16:00 hours (4 pm) on New Year's Eve in Amsterdam Text messaging activity at 18:00 hours (6 pm) on New Year's Eve in Amsterdam Text messaging activity at 20:00 hours (8 pm) on New Year's Eve in Amsterdam Text messaging activity at 22:00 hours (10 pm) on New Year's eve in Amsterdam Text messaging activity at 0:00 hours on New Year's Eve in Amsterdam, showing an explosion of texting activity