Do the photos we take and share using social media paint a picture of how we use and value parks and other open areas in our cities?
According to a new analysis conducted by Griffith University, the answer is a resounding yes.
Professor Catherine Pickering, an expert in nature based tourism and recreation with the Environmental Futures Research Institute who is head of the Ecology and Evolution discipline, worked with two undergraduate students to analyse just under 500 images tagged The Spit, Gold Coast that were posted to photo-sharing platform Flikr by 141 people over more than a decade.
The analysis found that the beach, the ocean and waves were the most common images posted by Spit visitors, despite the fact that the The Spit also covers a lot more, including SeaWorld, Marina Mirage and Fisherman’s Wharf.
Professor Pickering said the large number of images that captured the natural landscape and tagged The Spit,
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