UB Commute is a visualisation experiment by the Centre for eCommerce and Communication which illustrates travel patterns for University of Ballarat staff.
The visualisation has been developed as a part of UB's participation in National Telework Week.
Telework constitutes flexible work practices where an employee works regularly at a location other than the work office, such as a home office, and uses the latest information and communications technologies to stay connected with work colleagues, clients and work managers.
Features
- Visualisation shows how staff travel from their home to arrive at their destination campus by 9:00am
- Destination campuses are color coded eg:
- Blue commuter roads are travelling to Mt Helen Campus
- Red commuter roads are travelling to Horsham Campus
- Road lines will get thicker as more commuters have travelled along the road
- Scroll or move the map while the commute is in progress
- Click a campus from the left menu to zoom to the campus
- Information on origin suburbs can be viewed by toggling "Origin Suburbs" and clicking one of the circles displayed
- Information on destination campuses can be viewing by toggling "Origin Suburbs" and clicking one of the circles displayed
Notes
- Travel distances and times are based on Google directions and may not reflect actual journey taken by staff members
- For privacy purposes the zoom level of the visualisation is restricted. The initial roads/legs of the journey are also excluded from the visualisation
- The experiment can be resource intensive, a fast connection and modern browser are recommended
