All this data could be gathered and analyzed and culminated into the final heat map.

As humans, we work, or do something involving work, almost every day. I think consciously planning to do, and then finally sitting down and doing work is something that is very human. Working, and all the planning that comes with working, is a shared human experience.

So, apart from being informative, this work heat map can be a window into how a community decides to do this everyday activity. It can tie the individual working habits of one person to the overall habits of the community, whether it be the CMU community, or the human community as a whole.