EVALUATING THE OUTDOOR LEARNING EXPERIENCE

AnalysING Qualitative
Spatial Maps
The traces that people produce are not random, they
convey meaning through visualising the choices people
make and movements they engage in (Jung 2014). They
can communicate the spatial experiences that people
have, and how they interact with elements of the
landscape and other people.
They can visualise both routine and extra-ordinary placebased
interactions, and communicate levels of physical
activity. Visualising GPS data on a map can allow you to
trace where people go. It can also enable an appreciation
of their interactions with their environments. There are
no strict rules about how to qualitatively analyse mapped
spatial data, and many of the other analysis tools in this
toolkit can be adapted to analyse these maps.
example of gps traces for participants navigating a
country park, displayed in “google Earth”
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