This paper investigates the utility of information and communication technologies data for the measurement of visitation dynamics in third places across a large metropolitan university campus. A suite of seven metrics encompassing intensity, popularity, capacity, tempo, dwell, churn, and periodicity are employed to describe the visitation dynamics of each third place. Findings suggest that despite overt functional similarities, significant variability exists in the visitation dynamics of third places. Increasing pervasiveness of Wi-Fi networks in public spaces will improve the utility of social sensing data in recording the spatial and temporal dynamics of visitation.

本文研究了信息和通信技术数据在大型都市大学校园中第三名访问动态测量中的实用性。一组七个指标，包括强度，受欢迎程度，容量，节奏，停留时间，流失率和周期性用于描述每个第三名的访问动态。研究结果表明，尽管在功能上存在明显的相似性，但第三名的访问动态仍存在显着的差异。Wi-Fi网络在公共空间中的普及程度不断提高，将提高社交感知数据在记录访问的时空动态方面的实用性。