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Table 1 Foursquare data set extensive characteristics. The figures here are aggregated for all layers and comprise all 24 months. The linear size L is here estimated as the square root of the total area covered by the data after the aggregation into squares of 500 m × 500 m. Please note that the value of population for the city of Paris here corresponds to the Grand Paris Metropolitan areas that is the territory roughly covered by the data. Other population correspond to the municipality area (or the national area for the case of Singapore)

From: Unraveling the hidden organisation of urban systems and their mobility flows

City

#Venues

#check-ins

L (km)

Population

Chicago

13,904

10,629,110

18.9

2,705,994

Istanbul

113,752

13,083,383

39.3

15,029,231

Jakarta

21,813

9,281,181

27.6

10,517,000

London

22,689

10,146,880

24.0

18,825,001

Los Angeles

15,868

10,362,146

23.6

3,990,456

New York City

32,971

11,048,584

19.3

8,398,748

Paris

13,588

9,521,723

16.6

7,020,210

Seoul

15,545

9,347,489

18.1

9,806,000

Singapore

23,324

9,691,517

23.5

5,638,700

Tokyo

57,810

11,545,155

30.4

13,515,271