{"id":1097,"date":"2011-05-02T19:12:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal-clone\/wordpress\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2021-01-08T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:29:00","slug":"food-bank-mapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal\/2011\/05\/02\/food-bank-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Bank Mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Food Bank of Western Massachusetts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodbankwma.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food Bank of Western Massachusetts<\/a> sought mapping and analysis support from the Spatial Analysis Lab during the summer of 2010.&nbsp; The project is currently on hold, but you can view some of the initial map products below.&nbsp; Sarah Motti &#8217;10 provided assistance on the project during her summer employment in the SAL.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, this project was very typical of GIS community service.&nbsp; A public agency collected and compiled tremendous amounts of data within their service area(s).&nbsp;&nbsp; However, many public agencies and volunteer organizations such as the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts do not have the time or expertise to analyze their data spatially.<\/p>\n<p>What made this project somewhat unique was the amount and quality of locally collected data.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many datasets such as, &#8220;pounds of food distributed per county&#8221;, and &#8220;number of emergency food programs&#8221;, came directly from the Food Bank.&nbsp; Other datasets such as, &#8220;healthy food&#8221;, and &#8220;food costs&#8221; were obtained from local surveys conducted by Food Bank staff.&nbsp;&nbsp; Combining these locally provided or gathered data with &#8220;off the shelf&#8221; data from the US Census (e.g. poverty status, age, etc.) create meaningful visualizations that illuminate areas\/issues in need of attention.<\/p>\n<p>The other unique feature of this venture was the Food Bank (initially) wanted just digital map products (e.g. no printed maps).&nbsp; In the end, this digital only mindset changed, but it was nonetheless a bit refreshing.&nbsp;&nbsp; On the other hand, retooling digital cartography products to print products is very time consuming!<\/p>\n<p>Sample Page for Maps and Files<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2015\/03\/FB_2011_MasonSquareEmergencyFood.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1099\" title=\"FB_2011_MasonSquareEmergencyFood\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2015\/03\/FB_2011_MasonSquareEmergencyFood-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2015\/03\/FB_2011_CommunityNutritionStoreCosts.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium 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src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2015\/03\/FB_2011_CommunityNutritionStoreSnap-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts sought mapping and analysis support from the Spatial Analysis Lab during the summer of 2010.&nbsp; The project is currently on hold, but you can&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal\/2011\/05\/02\/food-bank-mapping\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Food Bank 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