An iPad App for Recording Movement Paths and Associated Spatial Behaviors

This paper describes an iPad App, known as 'PeopleWatcher' created for the real-time recording of wayfinding behaviors in buildings/outdoor environments. Initially the paper reviews other spatial-temporal behavioral recording programs and compares their features to the PeopleWatcher App, which is introduced in the next section. The third section presents a pilot study in which the App was tested and discusses the resultant user feedback. It concludes that the iPad is a particularly useful device for behavioral observations in the field, but that further development, the inclusion of post-experiment data-analyses, could be beneficial for future versions of the App.

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