Hong Kong Anti-ELAB Protest Events from Crowdsourced Map, 2019-2020
by Milosh, Maria / Harvard Dataverse·Updated 4d ago
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Description
A geotemporal dataset describes protest-related events in Hong Kong during the 2019-2020 Anti-ELAB protests. The data originates from HKMapLive, a crowdsourced map used by protesters to report events and coordinate movements. It covers two periods: from November 14, 2019 to February 23, 2020, and from June 10 to July 21, 2020.
Use Cases
Analyze protest event frequency and intensity based on the described geotemporal coverage.
Model crowd movement patterns based on the crowdsourced coordination data.
Study the temporal evolution of a social movement based on the two distinct data collection periods.
Strengths
Data is explicitly geotemporal, combining spatial and temporal dimensions.
Covers two distinct time periods totaling over five months of events.
Sourced from HKMapLive, a platform described as popular and used for real-time coordination.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data may reflect geographic, temporal, and source bias inherent to the crowdsourced collection method.
Provenance
Source
HKMapLive crowdsource map.
Collection Method
Crowdsourced reporting by protesters.
Time Range
November 14, 2019 to February 23, 2020; June 10 to July 21, 2020.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-29 23:13:02; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Hong Kong.
License is unknown; terms of use must be verified before application.