Project Method
Steps of Project:
- Collected Base Maps
- Streetnet.shp (www.wagda.washington.edu)
- Chose criteria to base site selection process on.
- Collected Data
- 1990 Census Data (www.census.gov)
- Competition Database (grocery store addresses / Excel)
- Zoning and Land Use Data (www.wagda.washington.edu)
- Input Data into Arc/Info
- Demographic fields (all but Pop. Density)
- Competition Geocoding
- Zoning and Land Use evaluation
- Data Analysis (exclusion process)
- Calculation of demographic maps by census tracts (applied criteria)
- Buffered competition locations
- Combined demographic calculation coverages with competition buffers
- Decided on potential site location based on analysis
- Selected 10 random addresses to deliver to
- Geocoded random addresses
- Applied traveling salesperson route to all addresses to find initial delivery route