Social Mapping and the Cartographic Modeling Lab

If you’re interested in social mapping (see previous entry), you shouldn’t miss this AP wire story about the work done by the University of Pennsylvania’s Cartographic Modeling Lab. The focus of the story is their work to correlate childhood obesity with “food opportunities” — corner stores, fast-food restaurants — on the walk to and from school, but other examples of their work are referred to.

Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 at 10:55 AM
Categories: GIS