Content from Food Deserts

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Overview

Questions

  • How can road network analysis be used to determine accessibility?
  • What data is required to determine food deserts in a region?
  • How does your analysis result compare to USDA’s Food Access Research Atlas data?

Objectives

  • Explain how to perform road network analysis
  • Carry out your own analysis of food deserts using the latest Census data

Prerequisite

  • You should have learnt how to carry out geocoding using the OSM APIs here
  • You should be familiar with the USDA Food Access Research Atlas data here

Module Overview

Lesson Overview
Beginner Learn how to visualize and analyze tabular data downloaded from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas.