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IMCD GPS

Urban Big Data Centre, and Lido, C. (2025) IMCD GPS. [Data Collection]

Datacite DOI: 10.20394/8s1natpu

Collection description

Overview:

The Integrated Multimedia City Household Survey dataset was produced as a result of a collaborative Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC-funded project across the University of Glasgow, Newcastle and Sheffield.

The purpose of the iMCD datasets was to provide a 360° overview of a life in the city, combining various datasets and methods of collection.

iMCD GPS data:

Part of the overall collection is the GPS Data. 333 iMCD Household survey participants agreed to wear a GPS device to record their movements for a seven day period.
Participants completed an activity diary on the first day, providing ground truth for the data. GPS coordinates were captured every five seconds for each participant.
The data can be linked to the other iMCD survey and lifelogging data by participant ID.

Access and restrictions:

Licences are available for non-commercial academic research use only. The data is available to request as Safeguarded data under UBDC's End User Licence. To use the data, researchers need to apply to UBDC setting out a summary of the work they plan to undertake so that the usage can be assessed against these criteria. Please apply to UBDC. If the intended use falls within the terms of the licence, researchers will be asked to sign an End User Licence agreement. Datasets will be shared with eligible applicants on receipt of completed license agreements.

More information:

All the iMCD datasets are available at https://data.ubdc.ac.uk/datasets

including iMCD Household Survey and Travel Diary at https://data.ubdc.ac.uk/datasets/82049317-5fba-4e22-b646-4c75f1ebf6dc
and iMCD Lifelogging data at https://data.ubdc.ac.uk/datasets/c70b23b2-317b-4f5f-a90e-456633c6ee97

Other related outputs: https://www.ubdc.ac.uk/news/data-for-insights-into-mobility

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