Understanding the bias of mobile location data across spatial scales and over time: A comprehensive analysis of SafeGraph data in the United States

• Zhenlong Li ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhenlong@psu.edu

  Affiliation Geoinformation and Big Data Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8938-5466

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• Huan Ning,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Geoinformation and Big Data Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Fengrui Jing,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

  Affiliation Geoinformation and Big Data Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• M. Naser Lessani

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Geoinformation and Big Data Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8657-3798

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