Download - Luigina Ciolfi - Adding Layers to Place
AddingLayerstoPlace:ApreliminarystudyofFoursquare
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LuiginaCiolfiInterac>onDesignCentre
UniversityofLimerick
Foursquare
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• Me:interestinhowphysicalplacesacquireadigitallayer.RegularFoursquareuser.SinceJune2011monitoringcertainloca>onstogatherinforma>ononwhatdigitalac>vitybecomesassociatedtocertainplaces.LookingpredominantlyattheLimerickArea
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• Tryingtounderstandwhatmo>vatespeopletopar>cipate
• Lookingforexamplesofcommunitypar>cipa>on
• Consolidatetypologyofuse• Connec>ngphysicalloca>onstocheck‐ins