Author Archives: Anthony Smith

‘WalkMap’ Preview

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Anthony Smith

HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.ca/2013/10/walkmap-preview.html ——————————————————————————————- I am in the home stretch of creating a new open source walkability dataset I am calling “WalkMap” based … Continue reading →

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Elevation Contour Comparison

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Anthony Smith

Which route would you prefer? Here here is another way to look at the same two charts: Long story short, I support a separated AAA bike route along Cornwall, because it is the most direct and flattest route from downtown … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Community Gardens & Food Trees

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Anthony Smith

HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/vancouver-community-gardens-food-trees.html ——————————————————————————————- This interactive map shows the locations and attributes of community gardens and food trees in the City of Vancouver. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Visualization, Environment, Food, Interactive, Open Data, Public Health | 8 Comments

2011 Commuter Patterns in Metro Vancouver

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Anthony Smith

HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/CommutingData.html ————————————————————————————————– Percent that Commute by Bicycle Percent that Commute by Public Transportation Mean Commute Time (new survey question added to … Continue reading →

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2011 Census Population Density at Three Scales in Vancouver

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Anthony Smith

HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/2011-census-population-density-at-three.html ——————————————————————————————- What do you notice looking at these maps? Add a comment below…

Posted in Analysis, Data Visualization, Open Data, Population | 2 Comments

Pecha Kucha Presentation: Mapping Healthy Built Environments

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Anthony Smith

HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/pecha-kucha-presentation-mapping.html ——————————————————————————————- I am very grateful for having had the opportunity deliver a Pecha Kucha presentation at the British Columbia Society … Continue reading →

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Value of All City of Vancouver Awarded Contracts

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Anthony Smith

Here is a details of all contracts issued by the City of Vancouver in 2012. I downloaded this data from the Vancouver’s Open Data site. There are also additional rows about bids that were not selected and several additional contracts … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Visualization, Open Data | 3 Comments

Spatial Disparities and Travel to Abortion Clinics in Canada

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Anthony Smith

HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/spatial-disparities-and-travel-to.html ——————————————————————————————- A few years ago I created a package of very interesting maps under contract to the University of Ottawa. … Continue reading →

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Healthy City Maps

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Anthony Smith

HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/physical-activity-mapping-with-strave.html ——————————————————————————————- This post explores two new experimental maps I created after browsing the City of Vancouver (CoV) Open Data site … Continue reading →

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Rooming Houses in the DTES of Vancouver

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Anthony Smith

I was reading an article called “Vancouver hotels that house the poor to get $144 million in renovations” and I wanted to know where the properties are located… So I made the following map using Google Fusion Tables. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Visualization, Interactive, Maps, Public Health, Social | 1 Comment