Dear Alan,
We could also suggest that readers scroll through the messages emailed to
the list on that week -not just one message, but a series of them.
What do you think?
Rui
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> Subject: Re: [SPACESYNTAX] Observation methods
>
> I don't think that there is anything thorough published on this, although
> some papers make passing reference to the method used to gather
observation
> data - it is hard to get a paper published that says 'stand on the kerb
and
> count the number of people passing by for a fixed time. Repeat hourly.' Of
> course in reality carrying out observations is somewhat more complex. You
> might want to take a look at a reply I gave to a previous posting on this
> subject in March:
>
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-
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> =&P=4638
>
> Alan Penn
> Professor of Architectural and Urban Computing
> The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
> University College London
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> London WC1E 6BT
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>
> > Hi all
> > Reading the comments on automated pedestrian count with interest.
> > I was wondering if there is any published article on the observer based
> > methods to count pedestrian movement and static activity which I can
refer
> > to especially those used in space syntax research? We were all given a
> > lecture note on observation methods during our MSc program, but can't
> > recollect any published paper, I may be wrong!
> >
> > Shibu
> >
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