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Mobile positioning data is a form of big data which results from the high data volumes of mobile positioning – tracking the location of mobile phones.
Mobile positioning data can be used for generating population and tourism statistics, for measuring human mobility, creating data-driven solutions in urban planning, establishing a response plan to disasters etc.
There are many ways to track the location of a mobile device in a network but this article covers mobile positioning data from network-based technologies:
Compared to passive mobile positioning, active mobile positioning yields more accurate location data and provides a greater frequency in the data points created. Although less accurate, passive mobile positioning data has many benefits: it can be collected more easily compared to active mobile positioning data , the number of people positioned can be much bigger and it can be gathered for longer periods of time.