Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access
A significant amount of travel is to find food. This paper examines challenges in measuring access to food using GIS, of importance in studies of both travel and eating behavior. It compares different sources of data available including fieldwork, land use and parcel data, licensing information, com...
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| description | A significant amount of travel is to find food. This paper examines challenges in measuring access to food using GIS, of importance in studies of both travel and eating behavior. It compares different sources of data available including fieldwork, land use and parcel data, licensing information, commercial listings, taxation data, and online street-level photographs. It proposes how to classify different kinds of food sales places in a way that says something about their potential for delivering healthy food options. Analysts need to clearly conceptualize key variables, document measurement processes, and be clear about the strengths and weaknesses of data. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-df757bbc599c46ec848affa0ecaa41d42025-08-20T02:21:09ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492010-05-013110.5198/jtlu.v3i1.10566Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food accessAnn Forsyth0Leslie Lytle1David Van Riper2Cornell UniversityUniversity of MinnestoaUniversity of MinnesotaA significant amount of travel is to find food. This paper examines challenges in measuring access to food using GIS, of importance in studies of both travel and eating behavior. It compares different sources of data available including fieldwork, land use and parcel data, licensing information, commercial listings, taxation data, and online street-level photographs. It proposes how to classify different kinds of food sales places in a way that says something about their potential for delivering healthy food options. Analysts need to clearly conceptualize key variables, document measurement processes, and be clear about the strengths and weaknesses of data.https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/105FoodGISAccess |
| spellingShingle | Ann Forsyth Leslie Lytle David Van Riper Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access Journal of Transport and Land Use Food GIS Access |
| title | Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access |
| title_full | Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access |
| title_fullStr | Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access |
| title_full_unstemmed | Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access |
| title_short | Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access |
| title_sort | finding food issues and challenges in using geographic information systems gis to measure food access |
| topic | Food GIS Access |
| url | https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/105 |
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