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Human mobility data in the COVID-19 pandemic: characteristics, applications, and challenges

Tao Hua Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA;b Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAView further author information
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Siqin Wangc School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bing Shed Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAView further author information
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Mengxi Zhange School of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USAView further author information
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Xiao Huangf Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Yunhe Cuig Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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Jacob Khurih Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, USAView further author information
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Yaxin Hui School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-540XView further author information
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Xiaokang Fuj State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xiaoyue Wangj State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Peixiao Wangj State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xinyan Zhuj State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Shuming Baok China Data Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USAView further author information
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Wendy Guanb Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAView further author information
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Zhenlong Lil Geoinformation and Big Data Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8938-5466View further author information
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Pages 1126-1147 | Received 21 Feb 2021, Accepted 02 Jul 2021, Published online: 14 Jul 2021

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