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Stuart, off the top of my head, the visitor studies literature is full of this kind of research, some conducted with paper/pencil/clipboard, and others with motion sensing/other tech surveillance. see http://www.visitorstudies.org/ and their journal, Visitor Studies http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10645578.asp some quick finds in the lit. Hans-Joachim Klein , Tracking Visitor Circulation in Museum Settings see http://eab.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/6/782 handheld device studies have also tracked visitor usage: see Nancy Proctor and Chris Tellis, The State of the Art in Museum Handhelds in 2003 http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/papers/proctor/proctor.html geri gay at cornell has been involved in technology for tracking - for example: Pai, S.; Kuryloski, P.; Yip, H.; Yennamandra, S.; Wicker, S.; Boehner, K.; Gay, G., Networks of Sensors in Public Spaces: Combining Technology with Art http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=/iel5/4221005/4224052/04224137.pdf?tp=&isnumber=&arnumber=4224137 one of her students also path analysis at the Johnson Museum Cornell. /jt At 3:47 PM +0000 2/6/09, Dunn, Stuart wrote: >Dear all, > >I'm interested in tracking and mapping the paths visitors take >around museums and galleries. Ideally, I would like to gather >information on *where* the visitor goes on the floorplan, and *how >long* they spend in particular locations. It sounds a rather tall >order when put like that, but it's been done elsewhere - see >http://www.itc.nl/library/Papers_2003/art_proc/kraak.pdf (especially >p. 1989). I'm not aware of any studies or applications in the >museums/galleries area, and wondered if any members of this list had >any experience of gathering such data, using (e.g.) time-sensitive >GPS devices? > >Any pointers or advice would be very gratefully received, on-list of off. > >All best, > >-Stuart > > >----------------------- > >Dr Stuart Dunn >Research Fellow >Centre for e-Research >King's College London > >www.ahessc.ac.uk/stuart-dunn > >Tel +44 (0)207 848 2709 >Fax +44 (0)207 848 1989 >[log in to unmask] > >Centre for e-Research >26-29 Drury Lane >London WC2B 5RL >UK > >Geohash: http://geohash.org/gcpvj1zm7yp1 > >************************************************** >For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, >visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk >************************************************** -- __________ J. Trant [log in to unmask] Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 158 Lee Ave, Toronto Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com __________ ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************