Do you need a drink yet?

Start at Vancouver’s Open Data Portal: http://data.vancouver.ca/datacatalogue/index.htm

  1. Download Business Licenses
  2. Select all, Data, Sort, Business Type
  3. Select “Liquor Retail Store”
  4. Cut and Paste in a new Spreadsheet (make sure to also copy labels)
  5. Save
  6. Clean:
    1. Delete all columns except: Business Name, Business Subtype, number of employees, Latitude and Longitude.
    2. Delete records with missing Lat/Long. Delete records with missing Business Type.
  7. Sort by Business Subtype
  8. Edit, Add Column. Name= Business Type Code, Type=number
    1. Add numbers for each unique Business Type (ie, Beer and Wine =1, Beer only =2, etc)
    2. Save

OPEN IN FUSION TABLES

  1. Create a fusion Table, add File
  2. Label and link to data
  3. Open Map and create different markers for the Biz Types
    1. Change Feature style
    2. Buckets
    3. Range 1-5
    4. Change numbers for range and choose icon for each
  1. Edit the Cards to delete Latitude and Longitude
    1. in Change info window

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