Determining relative interest levels of tourists and locals in points of interest

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for determining whether a point of interest corresponds to a tourist location, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to implement a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a set of geographic check-ins at the point of interest, wherein each geographic check-in in the set of geographic check-ins comprises an associated user account wherein each geographic check-in is established based on at least one of a social networking service, a WiFi network connection, or a positioning system signal;
• for plural geographic check-ins in the set of geographic check-ins and a code that indicates a geographic location of the point of interest, determining whether the associated user account is a tourist user account or a local user account based on at least one of a distance between a default location of the associated user account and the geographic location of the point of interest indicated by the code;
• generating a local or tourist point of interest based at least in part on a touristiness value for the point of interest, wherein the touristiness value for the point of interest is represented as a data structure that comprises at least one of a Boolean value, an integer, a real number, a proportion, or a percentage value, and wherein the touristiness value for the point of interest is determined based at least in part on a calculation of a ratio of a number of geographic check-ins from among the plural geographic check-ins comprising the respective associated tourist user accounts to a number of geographic check-ins from among the plural geographic check-ins comprising the respective associated local user accounts;
• if the touristiness value falls within a tourist value range, providing an indication that the point of interest is a tourist location, wherein providing the indication that the point of interest is the tourist location comprises outputting the indication for at least one of a graphical user interface associated with a client computing device or a companion application;
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• if the touristiness value falls within a local value range, providing an indication that the point of interest is a local location, wherein providing the indication that the point of interest is the local location comprises outputting the indication for at least one of the graphical user interface associated with the client computing device or the companion application.

A system for determining whether a point of interest corresponds to a tourist location, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors,
• cause the one or more processors to implement a method, the method comprising:
• receiving a set of geographic check-ins at the point of interest, wherein each geographic check-in in the set of geographic check-ins comprises an associated user account and a code that indicates a geographic location of the point of interest, wherein each geographic check-in is established based on at least one of a social networking service, a WiFi network connection, or a positioning system signal,
• for plural geographic check-ins in the set of geographic check-ins, determining whether the associated user account is a tourist user account or a local user account based on at least one of a distance between a default location of the associated user account and the geographic location of the point of interest indicated by the code,
• generating a local or tourist point of interest based at least in part on a touristiness value for the point of interest, wherein the touristiness value for the point of interest is represented as a data structure that comprises at least one of a Boolean value, an integer, a real number, a proportion, or a percentage value, and wherein the touristiness value for the point of interest is determined based at least in part on a calculation of a ratio of a number of geographic check-ins from among the plural geographic check-ins comprising the respective associated tourist user accounts to a number of geographic check-ins from among the plural geographic check-ins comprising the respective associated local user accounts, and
• outputting an indication of the local or tourist point of interest for at least one of a graphical user interface associated with a client computing device or a companion application.