Understanding behavioral patterns

Experts state that big data analytics helps business and government to gain insight from social media. Internet data can help governments understand better how their residents use urban space. Governments can be informed better about the flows of Internet users as they move about a city from one location to another by carefully analyzing movement patterns from location-based social media. Knowledge of these movement patterns can help governments plan for new zoning and construction or aid officials in understanding how an epidemic might spread from person to person through social contact around the city. Governments can improve their planning for the future through better understanding of movement and behavioral patterns. Data from social media can help governments make decisions about many topics in addition to providing potential business insights.