Smartphone GPS Locations of Students’ Movements to and from Campus

Doyle-Baker, Patricia K.; Ladle, Andrew; Rout, Angela; Galpern, Paul

doi:10.3390/ijgi10080517

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Smartphone GPS Locations of Students’ Movements to and from Campus

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Human Performance Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

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School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

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The Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 6A8, Canada

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Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada

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Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, AB V6T 1Z4, Canada

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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

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ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2021, 10(8), 517; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080517

Submission received: 8 June 2021 / Revised: 17 July 2021 / Accepted: 26 July 2021 / Published: 31 July 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatial Data Management in Geosciences, Urban Planning, Land Management, and Cultural Heritage)

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For many university students, commuting to and from campus constitutes a large proportion of their daily movement, and therefore it may influence their ability and willingness to spend time on campus or to participate in campus activities. To assess student engagement on campus, we collected smartphone GPS location histories from volunteers (n = 280) attending university in a major Canadian city. We investigated how campus visit length and frequency were related to characteristics of the commute using Bayesian regression models. Slower commutes and commutes over longer distances were associated with more time spent but less frequent visits to campus. Our results demonstrate that exposure to campus life, and therefore the potential for student engagement, may relate not just to whether a student lives on or near campus, but also to urban environmental factors that interact to influence the commuting experience.

Keywords: smartphone GPS locations; student movement; commuting; university; campus

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Doyle-Baker, P.K.; Ladle, A.; Rout, A.; Galpern, P. Smartphone GPS Locations of Students’ Movements to and from Campus. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2021, 10, 517. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080517

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Doyle-Baker PK, Ladle A, Rout A, Galpern P. Smartphone GPS Locations of Students’ Movements to and from Campus. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2021; 10(8):517. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080517

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Doyle-Baker, Patricia K., Andrew Ladle, Angela Rout, and Paul Galpern. 2021. "Smartphone GPS Locations of Students’ Movements to and from Campus" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 8: 517. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080517

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Doyle-Baker, P. K., Ladle, A., Rout, A., & Galpern, P. (2021). Smartphone GPS Locations of Students’ Movements to and from Campus. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(8), 517. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080517

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