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‘WalkMap’ Preview
HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.ca/2013/10/walkmap-preview.html ——————————————————————————————- I am in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
Posted in Analysis, Fitness, Open Data, Public Health, Walking
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Elevation Contour Comparison
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
Posted in Cycling, Elevation, Fitness, GPS, Public Health
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Vancouver Community Gardens & Food Trees
HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/vancouver-community-gardens-food-trees.html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
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2011 Commuter Patterns in Metro Vancouver
HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/CommutingData.html ————————————————————————————————–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
Posted in Cycling, Data Visualization, Maps, Open Data, Public Health
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Pecha Kucha Presentation: Mapping Healthy Built Environments
HELLO, PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND THE CONTENT HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON MY NEW SITE HERE: http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/pecha-kucha-presentation-mapping.html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
Posted in Cycling, Data Visualization, Environment, Fitness, Immigration, Maps, Personal, Public Health, Video
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Spatial Disparities and Travel to Abortion Clinics in Canada
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
Posted in Analysis, Data Visualization, Public Health
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Healthy City Maps
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
Posted in Analysis, Cycling, Data Visualization, Fitness, GPS, Maps, Personal, Public Health
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Rooming Houses in the DTES of Vancouver
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
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Sexual Health Maps, Analysis and Poster Design
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/sexual-health-maps-analysis-and-poster.html ——————————————————————————————- This is a project I worked on at HELP over the past year. I personally created each of these … Continue reading
Interactive Family Resource Map
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/mount-pleasant-family-asset-map.html ——————————————————————————————- View Mount Pleasant Family Resource Map in a full screen map
Posted in Educational, Interactive, Maps, Public Health
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