The most challenging part of this project for me was using all the
combinations of the open source software; ESRI has me spoiled. After
analyzing the data I have to again say I was surprised by the results, but
certainly stand behind them. I have learned that what may be a food oasis
to me could be a desert for someone else within my same community due to their
age, income, lack of transportation or any combination thereof. Because I
live in a well-developed area in the heart of the city with access to many
things, including grocery stores I did not expect to find the number of food
deserts illustrated on the map. Once I studied the locations it made
perfect sense as over the years the city has annexed more and more properties
and outside contractors had begun development. When the economy began to
fail several years ago, development stopped, including commercial entities such
as grocery stores which were planned in proximity to many of the developments.
I’m happy to say that trend is beginning to turn so I expect that the
food deserts will be reduced over the next few years.
Here is a link to
my Leaflet Map (best viewed on a large monitor to avoid panning):
This is the link
to my final power point project:
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