This style comprises 20 distinct hues, plus a white version, of the firefly symbol family for points, lines, and polygons.Points have two flavors of symbols. One is a standard radial opacity decay with a molten white core. The other is a variant with a shimmer effect, if that's what you need.Line symbols are available in solid or dashed. Lines are a stack of colorized semitransparent strokes beneath a white stroke, to create a glow effect.Polygons are also available in two versions. One version applies the glow to the perimeter of the polygon in both inner and outer directions, with a semi-transparent fill. This is effective for non-adjacent polygons. The alternate version only applies an inner glow, to prevent blending and overlapping of adjacent polygons.This is an early version of these symbols and only the points respond to color selection.Learn how to install this style by visiting this salacious blog post.Learn more about Firefly Cartography here.Happy Firefly Mapping! John

Watercolor maps are beautiful. Maps made in ArcGIS Pro can use a watercolor style to look realistically watercolory. Therefore, according to the transitive property, we can say that these maps may be beautiful.There are many utilities for a style like this. Mapping local parks and communities, creating your own vector basemaps, transforming digital features into plausibly tangible art, or just getting inspired by the combined wonder of geography and texture.Here are some example swatches of the point, line, and polygon styles available herein.Here are a couple examples of their use in Pro:Happy watercoloring! John Nelson

This dataset contains 50-ft contours for the Hot Springs shallowest unit of the Ouachita Mountains aquifer system potentiometric-surface map. The potentiometric-surface shows altitude at which the water level would have risen in tightly-cased wells and represents synoptic conditions during the summer of 2017. Contours were constructed from 59 water-level measurements measured in selected wells (locations in the well point dataset). Major streams and creeks were selected in the study area from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset (U.S. Geological Survey, 2017), and the spring point dataset with 18 spring altitudes calculated from 10-meter digital elevation model (DEM) data (U.S. Geological Survey, 2015; U.S. Geological Survey, 2016). After collecting, processing, and plotting the data, a potentiometric surface was generated using the interpolation method Topo to Raster in ArcMap 10.5 (Esri, 2017a). This tool is specifically designed for the creation of digital elevation models and imposes constraints that ensure a connected drainage structure and a correct representation of the surface from the provided contour data (Esri, 2017a). Once the raster surface was created, 50-ft contour interval were generated using Contour (Spatial Analyst), a spatial analyst tool (available through ArcGIS 3D Analyst toolbox) that creates a line-feature class of contours (isolines) from the raster surface (Esri, 2017b). The Topo to Raster and contouring done by ArcMap 10.5 is a rapid way to interpolate data, but computer programs do not account for hydrologic connections between groundwater and surface water. For this reason, some contours were manually adjusted based on topographical influence, a comparison with the potentiometric surface of Kresse and Hays (2009), and data-point water-level altitudes to more accurately represent the potentiometric surface. Select References: Esri, 2017a, How Topo to Raster works—Help | ArcGIS Desktop, accessed December 5, 2017, at ArcGIS Pro at http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/3d-analyst/how-topo-to-raster-works.htm. Esri, 2017b, Contour—Help | ArcGIS Desktop, accessed December 5, 2017, at ArcGIS Pro Raster Surface toolset at http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/3d-analyst/contour.htm. Kresse, T.M., and Hays, P.D., 2009, Geochemistry, Comparative Analysis, and Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Thermal Waters East of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, 2006-09: U.S. Geological Survey 2009–5263, 48 p., accessed November 28, 2017, at https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5263/. U.S. Geological Survey, 2015, USGS NED 1 arc-second n35w094 1 x 1 degree ArcGrid 2015, accessed December 5, 2017, at The National Map: Elevation at https://nationalmap.gov/elevation.html. U.S. Geological Survey, 2016, USGS NED 1 arc-second n35w093 1 x 1 degree ArcGrid 2016, accessed December 5, 2017, at The National Map: Elevation at https://nationalmap.gov/elevation.html.

Everything is awesome!Of course I don't need to convince you of the charm, educational utility, considered minimalism, and pure joy that Lego brings to the world. So why would I need to convince you that making maps in a Lego aesthetic is worth your while?This ArcGIS Pro style makes any vector point, line, or polygon layer look like a grid of little plastic nobly studs, ready to capture eyeballs and whip up unbridled excitement for skeuomorphic cartography! Plus it always re-sorts itself as you zoom in and out, always looking nice and blocky.Created in collaboration with Warren Davison, this style is ready to assemble your map into little Lego wonders.Here are some snapshots for you to peruse.Based mainly on these two texture overlays (sitting atop a dynamically colorable background element: Happy assembling! John Nelson

The classification of point cloud datasets to identify distribution wires is useful for identifying vegetation encroachment around power lines. Such workflows are important for preventing fires and power outages and are typically manual, recurring, and labor-intensive. This model is designed to extract distribution wires at the street level. Its predictions for high-tension transmission wires are less consistent with changes in geography as compared to street-level distribution wires. In the case of high-tension transmission wires, a lower ‘recall’ value is observed as compared to the value observed for low-lying street wires and poles.Using the modelFollow the guide to use the model. The model can be used with ArcGIS Pro's Classify Point Cloud Using Trained Model tool. Before using this model, ensure that the supported deep learning libraries are installed. For more details, check Deep Learning Libraries Installer for ArcGIS.InputThe model accepts unclassified point clouds with point geometry (X, Y and Z values). Note: The model is not dependent on any additional attributes such as Intensity, Number of Returns, etc. This model is trained to work on unclassified point clouds that are in a projected coordinate system, in which the units of X, Y and Z are based on the metric system of measurement. If the dataset is in degrees or feet, it needs to be re-projected accordingly. The model was trained using a training dataset with the full set of points. Therefore, it is important to make the full set of points available to the neural network while predicting - allowing it to better discriminate points of 'class of interest' versus background points. It is recommended to use 'selective/target classification' and 'class preservation' functionalities during prediction to have better control over the classification and scenarios with false positives.The model was trained on airborne lidar datasets and is expected to perform best with similar datasets. Classification of terrestrial point cloud datasets may work but has not been validated. For such cases, this pre-trained model may be fine-tuned to save on cost, time, and compute resources while improving accuracy. Another example where fine-tuning this model can be useful is when the object of interest is tram wires, railway wires, etc. which are geometrically similar to electricity wires. When fine-tuning this model, the target training data characteristics such as class structure, maximum number of points per block and extra attributes should match those of the data originally used for training this model (see Training data section below).OutputThe model will classify the point cloud into the following classes with their meaning as defined by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) described below: Classcode Class Description 0 Background Class 14 Distribution Wires 15 Distribution Tower/PolesApplicable geographiesThe model is expected to work within any geography. It's seen to produce favorable results as shown here in many regions. However, results can vary for datasets that are statistically dissimilar to training data.Model architectureThis model uses the RandLANet model architecture implemented in ArcGIS API for Python.Accuracy metricsThe table below summarizes the accuracy of the predictions on the validation dataset. - Precision Recall F1-score Background (0) 0.999679 0.999876 0.999778 Distribution Wires (14) 0.955085 0.936825 0.945867 Distribution Poles (15) 0.707983 0.553888 0.621527Training dataThis model is trained on manually classified training dataset provided to Esri by AAM group. The training data used has the following characteristics: X, Y, and Z linear unitmeter Z range-240.34 m to 731.17 m Number of Returns1 to 5 Intensity1 to 4095 Point spacing0.2 ± 0.1 Scan angle-42 to +35 Maximum points per block20000 Extra attributesNone Class structure[0, 14, 15]Sample resultsHere are a few results from the model.

Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) are closed areas for west coast groundfish fisheries and for some fisheries that may incidentally take groundfish as bycatch. The RCA boundary line is a connection of a series of GPS coordinates published in federal regulations (See 50 CFR 660.71-660.74) that are intended to approximate underwater depth contours. RCA boundaries are used in groundfish regulations to avoid interactions with certain groundfish species of concern and may change between seasons and Recreational Fishing Management Areas. The process of digitizing these boundary lines is as follows: 30, 40, 50, 100, and 150fm waypoint .csv files were downloaded from NOAA’s West Coast Groundfish Closed Areas website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/west-coast-groundfish-closed-areas and imported into ArcGIS Pro. Each point feature was clipped to ocean waters offshore of California and merged together. “Fathom” was added as a field to each shapefile and populated with the corresponding depth in fathoms. Boundary lines for each shapefile (30, 40, 50, 100, and 150 fm) were created using the “Points to line” tool. Line Field: “area_name”. Attribute Source: Start Point. Transfer Fields: FID, area_name, Fathom. Attributes: area_name: Unique name field displaying depth and location. Fathom: Approximate depth in fathoms of contour line. Region: Describes which of the five groundfish management zones the section of the contour line is in.

Images were acquired from approximately 80 m above ground surface on the 12th of February 2021, using a Phantom 4 Advanced drone with an FC330 camera. The images are in file input_images.zip.

The mission planning software DJI GS Pro was used to automatically acquire images at suitable locations across the survey area to enable the reconstruction of a three dimensional model.

Images 422 to 531 were imported to the photogrammetry software Pix4D (version 4.6.4). The created Pix4D project is Station12Feb2021_limited.p4d, and the processing report is Station12Feb2021_limited_report.pdf.

Four three-dimensional ground control points were used to improve the positioning of the model. No two dimensional control points or check points were used.

These points were in ITRF 2000@2000 datum (UTM Zone 49S), with co-ordinates as per the table below:

Label, Type, X(m), Y(m), Z(m), Accuracy Horz(m), Accuracy Vert(M) BM05, 3D GCP, 478814.460, 2648561.910, 38.558, 0.050, 0.100 EW-05, 3D GCP, 478635.540, 2648617.260, 27.260, 0.050, 0.100 FuelFlange, 3D GCP, 478970.810, 2648642.250, 21.920, 0.050, 0.100 MeltbellFootingA, 3D GCP, 478680.270, 2648466.547, 35.850, 0.050, 0.100

BM-05 is a survey benchmark near the Casey flagpoles, see https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/survey/display_station.cfm?station_id=600 EW-05 is a 44 gallon drum used as a groundwater extraction well by the remediation project Fuel Flange is the last fuel flange located on the elevated fuel line prior to the fuel line “dipping” under the wharf road. Meltbell footing A is a concrete footing for the Casey melt bell (surveyed in 2019/20).

No point cloud processing (e.g. removal of errant points) was done prior to orthomosaic and model generation.

The resulting orthomosaic (Station12Feb2021_limited_transparent_mosaic_group1.tif) has an average ground sampling distance of 2.9 cm, and covers an area of approximately 15.8 hectares, encompassing the majority of buildings along “main street” at Casey. The quarry, biopiles, helipad, and upper fuel farm area are all visible.

Contour lines were generated in Pix4D at 0.5 m intervals.

Due to the limited number of ground control points, and their imprecision, the estimated residual mean squared error across three dimensions is 0.17 m (17cm), and will be worse on the periphery of the imaged area.

The orthomosaic was exported from ArcGIS to a Google Earth file (CaseyStation Orthomosaic Feb 12 2021.kmz) using XTools Pro Version 17.2.

A map was created in ArcGIS showing the orthomosaic with a background showing contour lines obtained from the AADC data product windmill_is.mdb.

The map was exported in .jpg and .pdf format at 250 dpi. Casey Station Orthomosaic Feb 12 2021.pdf Casey Station Orthomosaic Feb 12 2021.jpg

The Pix4D folder structure has been copied across (with the exception of the temp folder) and is included in this dataset.

Pix4D Folder Structure:

Station12Feb2021_limited.zip 1_intitial • Contains Pix4D files created during the project • Contains the final processing report (as .pdf) 2_densification • Contains the 3D mesh as an .obj file • Contains the point cloud as a .LAS and .PLY file • Contains the point cloud as a .p4b file 3_dsm_ortho • Contains the digital surface model as a georeferenced .tif file • Contains the orthomosaic as a georeferenced .tif file

A text readable log file from the project processing is in the file Station12Feb2021_limited.log

Workflow for Line-of-Sight (LOS) analysis in GIS (ArcGIS Desktop/PRO software release): the video shows the setup of hypothetical observing points, evenly distributed through the space of the virtually reconstructed house of Caecilius Iucundus (height on the ground floor 1.65 m, space interval 0.2 m). LOS algorithm enabled us to generate a vertical map featuring the percentage of visual exposure of the fresco’s surface and a horizontal map of cumulative visibility of the fresco from each observing location

These interpolated groundwater levels and altitudes product, for Monroe County, WV, was derived from groundwater-level data obtained from a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) synoptic survey of 257 groundwater wells during October 23, 2017 through September 19, 2019, and selected points from the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) to represent equal-altitude contour lines of groundwater altitudes in 50-foot intervals. Attributes include groundwater altitudes in decimal feet. Horizontal coordinates are referenced to UTM zone 17, NAD83, and groundwater altitudes are referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). The potentiometric surface map, based on the 257 groundwater measurements, was constrained by the NHD streamlines and location of known springs. ArcGIS Pro was used to make contour lines from point data, and the resulting contours were further edited in areas where automated methods were not as precise given fewer data points; the areas edited were where the lan ...

🇺🇸 미국 English Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) are closed areas for west coast groundfish fisheries and for some fisheries that may incidentally take groundfish as bycatch. The RCA boundary line is a connection of a series of GPS coordinates published in federal regulations (See 50 CFR 660.71-660.74) that are intended to approximate underwater depth contours. RCA boundaries are used in groundfish regulations to avoid interactions with certain groundfish species of concern and may change between seasons and Recreational Fishing Management Areas. The process of digitizing these boundary lines is as follows: 30, 40, 50, 100, and 150fm waypoint .csv files were downloaded from NOAA’s West Coast Groundfish Closed Areas website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/west-coast-groundfish-closed-areas and imported into ArcGIS Pro. Each point feature was clipped to ocean waters offshore of California and merged together. “Fathom” was added as a field to each shapefile and populated with the corresponding depth in fathoms. Boundary lines for each shapefile (30, 40, 50, 100, and 150 fm) were created using the “Points to line” tool. Line Field: “area_name”. Attribute Source: Start Point. Transfer Fields: FID, area_name, Fathom. Attributes: area_name: Unique name field displaying depth and location.

The new Oregon Address Geocoder is used to find the location coordinates for street addresses in the State of Oregon. This service is:FreePublicUpdated regularlyOutputs location coordinates in Oregon Lambert, feet (SRID 2992)Uses over 2 million address points and 288,000 streets for referenceIt is an ArcGIS multirole locator with two roles:Point Address - Generally more accurate results from rooftop location points. Includes a Subaddress if a unit number is located.Street Address - Less accurate results from an estimated distance along a street centerline address range if a Point Address was not found.Instructions for using the Geocoder via ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and REST Services are below:ArcGIS ProWeb ServicesArcGIS Online

A series of annual geochemical models were created by RockWare utilizing RockWorks v2021 which were interpolated based on the 1,4-dioxane levels that were measured during 1986 through 2020. In cases where the same intervals were samples on more than one occasion during a given year, the highest 1,4-dioxane values were used. The extent of each annual model were limited to polygons based on only the wells that were sampled during the associated year to eliminate interpolating in areas where data is not present. The annual geochemical models were then filtered based on lithology to eliminate any voxels within the areas deemed impermeable based on lithology. The models were further constrained by utilizing the maximum historical water level surface (MHWLS) grid model to further restrict the interpolation from areas lacking measured data. Finally, the voxel models were converted to annual grid models, in which the cell values are based on the highest value within the corresponding column of voxels.The 2020 plume presented here was created from the RockWorks project database files on June 09, 2021 (Gelman3.sqlite v2021-04-29). The grid file titled 2020-01-01_to_2020-12-31.RwGrd (v20210710) was converted by The Mannik and Smith Group (MSG) to a raster file compatible in ArcGIS and a custom color scheme was applied with the shades becoming darker as concentrations increase. Iso-concentration lines were then generated at the following concentrations: 4 ppb, 7.2 ppb, 85 ppb, 150 ppb, 280 ppb, 500 ppb, 1000 ppb, 1900 ppb, 3000 ppb, and 5000 ppb. The 7.2 ppb lines were created because it represents the current EGLE Part 201 generic residential cleanup criterion (GRCC). The 85 ppb lines were created to represent the Consent Judgement 3 (CJ3) drinking water criteria. The 280 ppb lines were created because that is the new EGLE groundwater-surface water interface (GSI) criterion, and 1900 ppb is the Vapor Intrusion criteria. EGLE is contouring the 4 ppb level because that could become a new trigger for response if detected in sentinel wells if the proposed 4th Consent Judgment is approved.To host the plume files on EGLE's ArcGIS Online, MSG prepared the raster file, contour layer, and the input points used as the input for the specified year model in ArcGIS Pro. The points were labeled using three levels of detail. When zoomed out beyond 1:5000 no labels appear at the points because it would be too dense to read and cover the underlying plume. When zoomed in between 1:5000 and 1:1200, the bore name and maximum 1,4-dioxane at that well in 2020 appear. When zoomed in closer than 1:1200, the labels show the boring name, sample depth interval, and maximum 1,4-dioxane at that interval for 2020. The plume layer was set to 7.5% transparency (this can be adjusted later) and shared as a web tile layer using the ArcGIS Online / Bing Maps / Google Maps tiling scheme for levels of detail 12 – 19.This is a previous version of the data. The newest vintage is available at: Gelman Site of 1,4-Dioxane Contamination - Dioxane Plume (2023 Data).This data is used in the Gelman Site of 1,4-Dioxane Contamination web map (item details). If you have questions regarding the Gelman Sciences, Inc site of contamination contact Chris Svoboda at 517-256-2849 or svobodac@michigan.gov. Report problems or data functionality suggestions to EGLE-Maps@Michigan.gov.

Statewide Download (FGDB) (SHP)Users can also download smaller geographic areas of this feature service in ArcGIS Pro using the Copy Features geoprocessing tool.The address service contains statewide address points and related landmark name alias table and street name alias table.The New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS), in partnership with several local GIS and public safety agencies, has built a comprehensive statewide NG9-1-1 database meeting and exceeding the requirements of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) 2018 NG9-1-1 GIS Data Standard (NENA-STA-006.1-2018). The existing New Jersey Statewide Address Point data last published in 2016 has been transformed in the NENA data model to create this new address point data.The initial address points were processed from statewide parcel records joined with the statewide Tax Assessor's (MOD-IV) database in 2015. Address points supplied by Monmouth County, Sussex County, Morris County and Montgomery Township in Somerset County were incorporated into the statewide address points using customized Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) procedures.The previous version of the address points was loaded into New Jersey's version of the NENA NG9-1-1 data model using Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) procedures created with Esri's Data Interoperability Extension. Subsequent manual and bulk processing corrections and additions have been made, and are ongoing.***NOTE*** For users who incorporate NJOGIS services into web maps and/or web applications, please sign up for the NJ Geospatial Forum discussion listserv for early notification of service changes. Visit https://nj.gov/njgf/about/listserv/ for more information.

A series of annual geochemical models were created by RockWare utilizing RockWorks v2021 which were interpolated based on the 1,4-dioxane levels that were measured during 1986 through 2020. In cases where the same intervals were samples on more than one occasion during a given year, the highest 1,4-dioxane values were used. The extent of each annual model were limited to polygons based on only the wells that were sampled during the associated year to eliminate interpolating in areas where data is not present. The annual geochemical models were then filtered based on lithology to eliminate any voxels within the areas deemed impermeable based on lithology. The models were further constrained by utilizing the maximum historical water level surface (MHWLS) grid model to further restrict the interpolation from areas lacking measured data. Finally, the voxel models were converted to annual grid models, in which the cell values are based on the highest value within the corresponding column of voxels.The 2020 plume presented here was created from the RockWorks project database files on June 09, 2021 (Gelman3.sqlite v2021-04-29). The grid file titled 2020-01-01_to_2020-12-31.RwGrd (v20210710) was converted by The Mannik and Smith Group (MSG) to a raster file compatible in ArcGIS and a custom color scheme was applied with the shades becoming darker as concentrations increase. Iso-concentration lines were then generated at the following concentrations: 4 ppb, 7.2 ppb, 85 ppb, 150 ppb, 280 ppb, 500 ppb, 1000 ppb, 1900 ppb, 3000 ppb, and 5000 ppb. The 7.2 ppb lines were created because it represents the current EGLE Part 201 generic residential cleanup criterion (GRCC). The 85 ppb lines were created to represent the Consent Judgement 3 (CJ3) drinking water criteria. The 280 ppb lines were created because that is the new EGLE groundwater-surface water interface (GSI) criterion, and 1900 ppb is the Vapor Intrusion criteria. EGLE is contouring the 4 ppb level because that could become a new trigger for response if detected in sentinel wells if the proposed 4th Consent Judgment is approved.To host the plume files on EGLE's ArcGIS Online, MSG prepared the raster file, contour layer, and the input points used as the input for the specified year model in ArcGIS Pro. The points were labeled using three levels of detail. When zoomed out beyond 1:5000 no labels appear at the points because it would be too dense to read and cover the underlying plume. When zoomed in between 1:5000 and 1:1200, the bore name and maximum 1,4-dioxane at that well in 2020 appear. When zoomed in closer than 1:1200, the labels show the boring name, sample depth interval, and maximum 1,4-dioxane at that interval for 2020. The plume layer was set to 7.5% transparency (this can be adjusted later) and shared as a web tile layer using the ArcGIS Online / Bing Maps / Google Maps tiling scheme for levels of detail 12 – 19.This is a previous version of the data. The newest vintage is available at: Gelman Site of 1,4-Dioxane Contamination - Dioxane Plume (2023 Data).This data is used in the Gelman Site of 1,4-Dioxane Contamination web map (item details). If you have questions regarding the Gelman Sciences, Inc site of contamination contact Chris Svoboda at 517-256-2849 or svobodac@michigan.gov. Report problems or data functionality suggestions to EGLE-Maps@Michigan.gov.

Measure and Map Access to Grocery StoresFrom the perspective of the people living in each neighborhoodHow do people in your city get to the grocery store? The answer to that question depends on the person and where they live. This web map helps answer the question in this app.Some live in cities and stop by a grocery store within a short walk or bike ride of home or work. Others live in areas where car ownership is more prevalent, and so they drive to a store. Some do not own a vehicle, and rely on a friend or public transit. Others rely on grocery delivery for their needs. And, many live in rural areas far from town, so a trip to a grocery store is an infrequent event involving a long drive.This map from Esri shows which areas are within a ten minute walk or ten minute drive of a grocery store in the United States and Puerto Rico. Darker color indicates access to more stores. The chart shows how many people can walk to a grocery store if they wanted to or needed to.It is estimated that 20% of U.S. population live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store, and 92% of the population live within a 10 minute drive of a grocery store.Look up your city to see how the numbers change as you move around the map. Or, draw a neighborhood boundary on the map to get numbers for that area.Every census block is scored with a count of walkable and drivable stores nearby, making this a map suitable for a dashboard for any city, or any of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico. Two colorful layers visualize this definition of access, one for walkable access (suitable for looking at a city neighborhood by neighborhood) and one for drivable access (suitable for looking across a city, county, region or state).On the walkable layer, shades of green define areas within a ten minute walk of one or more grocery stores. The colors become more intense and trend to a blue-green color for the busiest neighborhoods, such as downtown San Francisco. As you zoom in, a layer of Census block points visualizes the local population with or without walkable access.As you zoom out to see the entire city, the map adds a light blue - to dark blue layer, showing which parts of the region fall within ten minutes' drive of one or more grocery stores. As a result, the map is useful at all scales, from national to regional, state and local levels. It becomes easier to spot grocery stores that sit within a highly populated area, and grocery stores that sit in a shopping center far away from populated areas. This view of a city begins to hint at the question: how many people have each type of access to grocery stores? And, what if they are unable to walk a mile regularly, or don't own a car?How to Use This MapUse this map to introduce the concepts of access to grocery stores in your city or town. This is the kind of map where people will want to look up their home or work address to validate what the map is saying.The map was built with that use in mind. Many maps of access use straight-line, as-the-crow-flies distance, which ignores real-world barriers to walkability like rivers, lakes, interstates and other characteristics of the built environment. Block analysis using a network data set and Origin-Destination analysis factors these barriers in, resulting in a more realistic depiction of access.There is data behind the map, which can be summarized to show how many people have walkable access to local grocery stores. The map includes a feature layer of population in Census block points, which are visible when you zoom in far enough. This feature layer can be plugged into an app like this one that summarizes the population with/without walkable or drivable access.Lastly, this map can serve as backdrop to other community resources, like food banks, farmers markets (example), and transit (example). Add a transit layer to immediately gauge its impact on the population's grocery access. You can also use this map to see how it relates to communities of concern. Add a layer of any block group or tract demographics, such as Percent Senior Population (examples), or Percent of Households with Access to 0 Vehicles (examples).The map is a useful visual and analytic resource for helping community leaders, business and government leaders see their town from the perspective of its residents, and begin asking questions about how their community could be improved.Data sourcesPopulation data is from the 2010 U.S. Census blocks. Each census block has a count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive. Census blocks known to be unpopulated are given a score of 0. The layer is available as a hosted feature layer.Grocery store locations are from SafeGraph, reflecting what was in the data as of October 2020. Access to the layer was obtained from the SafeGraph offering in ArcGIS Marketplace. For this project, ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was used for the street network in the origin-destination analysis work, because it already has the necessary attributes on each street segment to identify which streets are considered walkable, and supports a wide variety of driving parameters.The walkable access layer and drivable access layers are rasters, whose colors were chosen to allow the drivable access layer to serve as backdrop to the walkable access layer. Alternative versions of these layers are available. These pairs use different colors but are otherwise identical in content.Data PreparationArcGIS Network Analyst was used to set up a network street layer for analysis. ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was installed to a local hard drive and selected in the Origin-Destination workflow as the network data source. This allows the origins (Census block centroids) and destinations (SafeGraph grocery stores) to be connected to that network, to allow origin-destination analysis.The Census blocks layer contains the centroid of each Census block. The data allows a simple popup to be created. This layer's block figures can be summarized further, to tract, county and state levels.The SafeGraph grocery store locations were created by querying the SafeGraph source layer based on primary NAICS code. After connecting to the layer in ArcGIS Pro, a definition query was set to only show records with NAICS code 445110 as an initial screening. The layer was exported to a local disk drive for further definition query refinement, to eliminate any records that were obviously not grocery stores. The final layer used in the analysis had approximately 53,600 records. In this map, this layer is included as a vector tile layer.MethodologyEvery census block in the U.S. was assigned two access scores, whose numbers are simply how many grocery stores are within a 10 minute walk and a 10 minute drive of that census block. Every census block has a score of 0 (no stores), 1, 2 or more stores. The count of accessible stores was determined using Origin-Destination Analysis in ArcGIS Network Analyst, in ArcGIS Pro. A set of Tools in this ArcGIS Pro package allow a similar analysis to be conducted for any city or other area. The Tools step through the data prep and analysis steps. Download the Pro package, open it and substitute your own layers for Origins and Destinations. Parcel centroids are a suggested option for Origins, for example. Origin-Destination analysis was configured, using ArcGIS StreetMap Premium as the network data source. Census block centroids with population greater than zero were used as the Origins, and grocery store locations were used as the Destinations. A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Walk Time option. Only one restriction was applied to the street network: Walkable, which means Interstates and other non-walkable street segments were treated appropriately. You see the results in the map: wherever freeway overpasses and underpasses are present near a grocery store, the walkable area extends across/through that pass, but not along the freeway.A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Drive Time option. The default restrictions were applied to the street network, which means a typical vehicle's access to all types of roads was factored in.The results for each analysis were captured in the Lines layer, which shows which origins are within the cutoff of each destination over the street network, given the assumptions about that network (walking, or driving a vehicle).The Lines layer was then summarized by census block ID to capture the Maximum value of the Destination_Rank field. A census block within 10 minutes of 3 stores would have 3 records in the Lines layer, but only one value in the summarized table, with a MAX_Destination_Rank field value of 3. This is the number of stores accessible to that census block in the 10 minutes measured, for walking and driving. These data were joined to the block centroids layer and given unique names. At this point, all blocks with zero population or null values in the MAX_Destination_Rank fields were given a store count of 0, to help the next step.Walkable and Drivable areas are calculated into a raster layer, using Nearest Neighbor geoprocessing tool on the count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive, respectively. This tool uses a 200 meter grid and interpolates the values between each census block. A census tracts layer containing all water polygons "erased" from the census tract boundaries was used as an environment setting, to help constrain interpolation into/across bodies of water. The same layer use used to "shoreline" the Nearest Neighbor results, to eliminate any interpolation into the ocean or Great Lakes. This helped but was not perfect.Notes and LimitationsThe map provides a baseline for discussing access to grocery stores in a city. It does not presume local population has the desire or means to walk or drive to obtain groceries. It does not take elevation gain or loss into account. It does not factor time of day nor weather, seasons, or other variables that affect a

This layer shows which parts of the United States and Puerto Rico fall within ten minutes' walk of one or more grocery stores. It is estimated that 20% of U.S. population live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store, and 92% of the population live within a 10 minute drive of a grocery store. The layer is suitable for looking at access at a neighborhood scale.When you add this layer to your web map, along with the drivable access layer and the SafeGraph grocery store layer, it becomes easier to spot grocery stores that sit within a highly populated area, and grocery stores that sit in a shopping center far away from populated areas. Add the Census block points layer to show a popup with the count of stores within 10 minutes' walk and drive. This view of a city begins to hint at the question: how many people have each type of access to grocery stores? And, what if they are unable to walk a mile regularly, or don't own a car?How to Use This Layer in a Web MapUse this layer in a web map to introduce the concepts of access to grocery stores in your city or town. This is the kind of map where people will want to look up their home or work address to validate what the map is saying. See this example web map which you can use in your projects, storymaps, apps and dashboards.The layer was built with that use in mind. Many maps of access use straight-line, as-the-crow-flies distance, which ignores real-world barriers to walkability like rivers, lakes, interstates and other characteristics of the built environment. Block analysis using a network data set and Origin-Destination analysis factors these barriers in, resulting in a more realistic depiction of access.Lastly, this layer can serve as backdrop to other community resources, like food banks, farmers markets (example), and transit (example). Add a transit layer to immediately gauge its impact on the population's grocery access. You can also use this map to see how it relates to communities of concern. Add a layer of any block group or tract demographics, such as Percent Senior Population (examples), or Percent of Households with Access to 0 Vehicles (examples).The layer is a useful visual resource for helping community leaders, business and government leaders see their town from the perspective of its residents, and begin asking questions about how their community could be improved.Data sourcesPopulation data is from the 2010 U.S. Census blocks. Each census block has a count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive. Census blocks known to be unpopulated are given a score of 0. The layer is available as a hosted feature layer.Grocery store locations are from SafeGraph, reflecting what was in the data as of October 2020. Access to the layer was obtained from the SafeGraph offering in ArcGIS Marketplace. For this project, ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was used for the street network in the origin-destination analysis work, because it already has the necessary attributes on each street segment to identify which streets are considered walkable, and supports a wide variety of driving parameters.The walkable access layer and drivable access layers are rasters, whose colors were chosen to allow the drivable access layer to serve as backdrop to the walkable access layer. Alternative versions of these layers are available. These pairs use different colors but are otherwise identical in content.Data PreparationArcGIS Network Analyst was used to set up a network street layer for analysis. ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was installed to a local hard drive and selected in the Origin-Destination workflow as the network data source. This allows the origins (Census block centroids) and destinations (SafeGraph grocery stores) to be connected to that network, to allow origin-destination analysis.The Census blocks layer contains the centroid of each Census block. The data allows a simple popup to be created. This layer's block figures can be summarized further, to tract, county and state levels.The SafeGraph grocery store locations were created by querying the SafeGraph source layer based on primary NAICS code. After connecting to the layer in ArcGIS Pro, a definition query was set to only show records with NAICS code 445110 as an initial screening. The layer was exported to a local disk drive for further definition query refinement, to eliminate any records that were obviously not grocery stores. The final layer used in the analysis had approximately 53,600 records. In this map, this layer is included as a vector tile layer.MethodologyEvery census block in the U.S. was assigned two access scores, whose numbers are simply how many grocery stores are within a 10 minute walk and a 10 minute drive of that census block. Every census block has a score of 0 (no stores), 1, 2 or more stores. The count of accessible stores was determined using Origin-Destination Analysis in ArcGIS Network Analyst, in ArcGIS Pro. A set of Tools in this ArcGIS Pro package allow a similar analysis to be conducted for any city or other area. The Tools step through the data prep and analysis steps. Download the Pro package, open it and substitute your own layers for Origins and Destinations. Parcel centroids are a suggested option for Origins, for example. Origin-Destination analysis was configured, using ArcGIS StreetMap Premium as the network data source. Census block centroids with population greater than zero were used as the Origins, and grocery store locations were used as the Destinations. A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Walk Time option. Only one restriction was applied to the street network: Walkable, which means Interstates and other non-walkable street segments were treated appropriately. You see the results in the map: wherever freeway overpasses and underpasses are present near a grocery store, the walkable area extends across/through that pass, but not along the freeway.A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Drive Time option. The default restrictions were applied to the street network, which means a typical vehicle's access to all types of roads was factored in.The results for each analysis were captured in the Lines layer, which shows which origins are within the cutoff of each destination over the street network, given the assumptions about that network (walking, or driving a vehicle).The Lines layer was then summarized by census block ID to capture the Maximum value of the Destination_Rank field. A census block within 10 minutes of 3 stores would have 3 records in the Lines layer, but only one value in the summarized table, with a MAX_Destination_Rank field value of 3. This is the number of stores accessible to that census block in the 10 minutes measured, for walking and driving. These data were joined to the block centroids layer and given unique names. At this point, all blocks with zero population or null values in the MAX_Destination_Rank fields were given a store count of 0, to help the next step.Walkable and Drivable areas are calculated into a raster layer, using Nearest Neighbor geoprocessing tool on the count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive, respectively. This tool uses a 200 meter grid and interpolates the values between each census block. A census tracts layer containing all water polygons "erased" from the census tract boundaries was used as an environment setting, to help constrain interpolation into/across bodies of water. The same layer use used to "shoreline" the Nearest Neighbor results, to eliminate any interpolation into the ocean or Great Lakes. This helped but was not perfect.Notes and LimitationsThe map provides a baseline for discussing access to grocery stores in a city. It does not presume local population has the desire or means to walk or drive to obtain groceries. It does not take elevation gain or loss into account. It does not factor time of day nor weather, seasons, or other variables that affect a person's commute choices. Walking and driving are just two ways people get to a grocery store. Some people ride a bike, others take public transit, have groceries delivered, or rely on a friend with a vehicle. Thank you to Melinda Morang on the Network Analyst team for guidance and suggestions at key moments along the way; to Emily Meriam for reviewing the previous version of this map and creating new color palettes and marker symbols specific to this project. Additional ReadingThe methods by which access to food is measured and reported have improved in the past decade or so, as has the uses of such measurements. Some relevant papers and articles are provided below as a starting point.Measuring Food Insecurity Using the Food Abundance Index: Implications for Economic, Health and Social Well-BeingHow to Identify Food Deserts: Measuring Physical and Economic Access to Supermarkets in King County, WashingtonAccess to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their ConsequencesDifferent Measures of Food Access Inform Different SolutionsThe time cost of access to food – Distance to the grocery store as measured in minutes

Vector Tile Services are used extensively in basemaps and cartography. These reference a set of vector tiles and a corresponding Style JSON file that instructs the map on how to render each feature. The vector data - in the form of points, lines, and polygons as well as images (called sprites) - contain only the data needed to draw the feature and apply the accompanying style. As such, vector tile services render quickly at different display resolutions when compared to traditional feature layers. To learn more about vector tiles: Vector Tiles - Wikipedia.This Vector Tile Package (.vtpk) file cannot be used natively in ArcGIS Online, but can be downloaded for use in ArcGIS Pro and in certain mobile mapping applications in IOS and Android.This Vector Tile Package covers the State of Maine and uses local, state, and national data sources.LayerNameFeatureNameDatabaseShapeProperty Information\Building Footprints\Building TypesNG_ADDRESSESE911PointProperty Information\Building Footprints\Buildings ShadowsNG_FOOTPRINTSE911PolygonProperty Information\Building Footprints\BuildingsNG_FOOTPRINTS_TYPEE911PolygonAirports\Airport PointsAIRPORTSMEDOT_ASSETS_WMPointRoads\Private RoadsE911_PRIVATEMEDOT_BASE_WMPolylineRoads\Interstate InterchangesINTERSTATE_INTERCHANGESMEDOT_BASE_WMPointFerry\Ferry RoutesFERRYRTE_STATEMEDOT_ROADS_WMPolylineRailroads\Railroads BridgeLINEAR_BRIDGEMEDOT_ROADS_WMPolylineRailroads\RailroadsRAILROUTE_SEGMENTSMEDOT_ROADS_WMPolylineRoads\TrailsTRAILSMEDOT_ROADS_WMPolylineWater\Streams NHDNHDFlowlineMEDOT_VectorTile_MiscPolylineBoundaries\State Urban BoundarySTATEURBAN_CLIPMEDOT_VectorTile_MiscPolygonBoundaries\Conserved Landsconserved_landsMEGIS_BASE_WMPolygonBoundaries\County PointsCOUNTIESCENTROIDSMEGIS_BASE_WMPointPlaces\Capes - Islands & SummitsGnis_lMEGIS_BASE_WMPointPlaces\CemeteriesGnis_pMEGIS_BASE_WMPointPlaces\Place Names & Populated PlacesGNIS_P_ENHANCEDMEGIS_BASE_WMPointContours\Contours - 10 ftMEGIS_ContoursMEGIS_BASE_WMPolylineBoundaries\Coastline & Political BoundariesMetwp24LMEGIS_BASE_WMPolylineBoundaries\State Background & Water - Metwp24pMetwp24pMEGIS_BASE_WMPolygonWater\Wetlands - NWINWI_2014MEGIS_BASE_WMPolygonWater\WQPondsWQPondsMEGIS_BASE_WMPolygonWater\WQRiversWQRiversMEGIS_BASE_WMPolygonAirports\Airport WaysNWR_Aeroway_Attr_osm_lnOSM_VectorTilesPolylineRoads\One Way & Roads Base & BridgeROADSBASEGIS_LOADPolylineRoads\Route ShieldsROADSBASE_SHIELDSGIS_LOADPointThis Vector Tile Package was created on October 30th, 2024. This package was used to generate the Vector Tile Service MaineDOT_Vector_Tiles_Static.

This layer shows which parts of the United States and Puerto Rico fall within ten minutes' walk of one or more grocery stores. It is estimated that 20% of U.S. population live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store, and 92% of the population live within a 10 minute drive of a grocery store. The layer is suitable for looking at access at a neighborhood scale.When you add this layer to your web map, along with the drivable access layer and the SafeGraph grocery store layer, it becomes easier to spot grocery stores that sit within a highly populated area, and grocery stores that sit in a shopping center far away from populated areas. Add the Census block points layer to show a popup with the count of stores within 10 minutes' walk and drive. This view of a city begins to hint at the question: how many people have each type of access to grocery stores? And, what if they are unable to walk a mile regularly, or don't own a car?How to Use This Layer in a Web MapUse this layer in a web map to introduce the concepts of access to grocery stores in your city or town. This is the kind of map where people will want to look up their home or work address to validate what the map is saying. See this example web map which you can use in your projects, storymaps, apps and dashboards.The layer was built with that use in mind. Many maps of access use straight-line, as-the-crow-flies distance, which ignores real-world barriers to walkability like rivers, lakes, interstates and other characteristics of the built environment. Block analysis using a network data set and Origin-Destination analysis factors these barriers in, resulting in a more realistic depiction of access.Lastly, this layer can serve as backdrop to other community resources, like food banks, farmers markets (example), and transit (example). Add a transit layer to immediately gauge its impact on the population's grocery access. You can also use this map to see how it relates to communities of concern. Add a layer of any block group or tract demographics, such as Percent Senior Population (examples), or Percent of Households with Access to 0 Vehicles (examples).The layer is a useful visual resource for helping community leaders, business and government leaders see their town from the perspective of its residents, and begin asking questions about how their community could be improved.Data sourcesPopulation data is from the 2010 U.S. Census blocks. Each census block has a count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive. Census blocks known to be unpopulated are given a score of 0. The layer is available as a hosted feature layer.Grocery store locations are from SafeGraph, reflecting what was in the data as of October 2020. Access to the layer was obtained from the SafeGraph offering in ArcGIS Marketplace. For this project, ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was used for the street network in the origin-destination analysis work, because it already has the necessary attributes on each street segment to identify which streets are considered walkable, and supports a wide variety of driving parameters.The walkable access layer and drivable access layers are rasters, whose colors were chosen to allow the drivable access layer to serve as backdrop to the walkable access layer. Alternative versions of these layers are available. These pairs use different colors but are otherwise identical in content.Data PreparationArcGIS Network Analyst was used to set up a network street layer for analysis. ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was installed to a local hard drive and selected in the Origin-Destination workflow as the network data source. This allows the origins (Census block centroids) and destinations (SafeGraph grocery stores) to be connected to that network, to allow origin-destination analysis.The Census blocks layer contains the centroid of each Census block. The data allows a simple popup to be created. This layer's block figures can be summarized further, to tract, county and state levels.The SafeGraph grocery store locations were created by querying the SafeGraph source layer based on primary NAICS code. After connecting to the layer in ArcGIS Pro, a definition query was set to only show records with NAICS code 445110 as an initial screening. The layer was exported to a local disk drive for further definition query refinement, to eliminate any records that were obviously not grocery stores. The final layer used in the analysis had approximately 53,600 records. In this map, this layer is included as a vector tile layer.MethodologyEvery census block in the U.S. was assigned two access scores, whose numbers are simply how many grocery stores are within a 10 minute walk and a 10 minute drive of that census block. Every census block has a score of 0 (no stores), 1, 2 or more stores. The count of accessible stores was determined using Origin-Destination Analysis in ArcGIS Network Analyst, in ArcGIS Pro. A set of Tools in this ArcGIS Pro package allow a similar analysis to be conducted for any city or other area. The Tools step through the data prep and analysis steps. Download the Pro package, open it and substitute your own layers for Origins and Destinations. Parcel centroids are a suggested option for Origins, for example. Origin-Destination analysis was configured, using ArcGIS StreetMap Premium as the network data source. Census block centroids with population greater than zero were used as the Origins, and grocery store locations were used as the Destinations. A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Walk Time option. Only one restriction was applied to the street network: Walkable, which means Interstates and other non-walkable street segments were treated appropriately. You see the results in the map: wherever freeway overpasses and underpasses are present near a grocery store, the walkable area extends across/through that pass, but not along the freeway.A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Drive Time option. The default restrictions were applied to the street network, which means a typical vehicle's access to all types of roads was factored in.The results for each analysis were captured in the Lines layer, which shows which origins are within the cutoff of each destination over the street network, given the assumptions about that network (walking, or driving a vehicle).The Lines layer was then summarized by census block ID to capture the Maximum value of the Destination_Rank field. A census block within 10 minutes of 3 stores would have 3 records in the Lines layer, but only one value in the summarized table, with a MAX_Destination_Rank field value of 3. This is the number of stores accessible to that census block in the 10 minutes measured, for walking and driving. These data were joined to the block centroids layer and given unique names. At this point, all blocks with zero population or null values in the MAX_Destination_Rank fields were given a store count of 0, to help the next step.Walkable and Drivable areas are calculated into a raster layer, using Nearest Neighbor geoprocessing tool on the count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive, respectively. This tool uses a 200 meter grid and interpolates the values between each census block. A census tracts layer containing all water polygons "erased" from the census tract boundaries was used as an environment setting, to help constrain interpolation into/across bodies of water. The same layer use used to "shoreline" the Nearest Neighbor results, to eliminate any interpolation into the ocean or Great Lakes. This helped but was not perfect.Notes and LimitationsThe map provides a baseline for discussing access to grocery stores in a city. It does not presume local population has the desire or means to walk or drive to obtain groceries. It does not take elevation gain or loss into account. It does not factor time of day nor weather, seasons, or other variables that affect a person's commute choices. Walking and driving are just two ways people get to a grocery store. Some people ride a bike, others take public transit, have groceries delivered, or rely on a friend with a vehicle. Thank you to Melinda Morang on the Network Analyst team for guidance and suggestions at key moments along the way; to Emily Meriam for reviewing the previous version of this map and creating new color palettes and marker symbols specific to this project. Additional ReadingThe methods by which access to food is measured and reported have improved in the past decade or so, as has the uses of such measurements. Some relevant papers and articles are provided below as a starting point.Measuring Food Insecurity Using the Food Abundance Index: Implications for Economic, Health and Social Well-BeingHow to Identify Food Deserts: Measuring Physical and Economic Access to Supermarkets in King County, WashingtonAccess to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their ConsequencesDifferent Measures of Food Access Inform Different SolutionsThe time cost of access to food – Distance to the grocery store as measured in minutes

This layer shows which parts of the United States and Puerto Rico fall within ten minutes' walk of one or more grocery stores. It is estimated that 20% of U.S. population live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store, and 92% of the population live within a 10 minute drive of a grocery store. The layer is suitable for looking at access at a neighborhood scale.When you add this layer to your web map, along with the drivable access layer and the SafeGraph grocery store layer, it becomes easier to spot grocery stores that sit within a highly populated area, and grocery stores that sit in a shopping center far away from populated areas. Add the Census block points layer to show a popup with the count of stores within 10 minutes' walk and drive. This view of a city begins to hint at the question: how many people have each type of access to grocery stores? And, what if they are unable to walk a mile regularly, or don't own a car?How to Use This Layer in a Web MapUse this layer in a web map to introduce the concepts of access to grocery stores in your city or town. This is the kind of map where people will want to look up their home or work address to validate what the map is saying. See this example web map which you can use in your projects, storymaps, apps and dashboards.The layer was built with that use in mind. Many maps of access use straight-line, as-the-crow-flies distance, which ignores real-world barriers to walkability like rivers, lakes, interstates and other characteristics of the built environment. Block analysis using a network data set and Origin-Destination analysis factors these barriers in, resulting in a more realistic depiction of access.Lastly, this layer can serve as backdrop to other community resources, like food banks, farmers markets (example), and transit (example). Add a transit layer to immediately gauge its impact on the population's grocery access. You can also use this map to see how it relates to communities of concern. Add a layer of any block group or tract demographics, such as Percent Senior Population (examples), or Percent of Households with Access to 0 Vehicles (examples).The layer is a useful visual resource for helping community leaders, business and government leaders see their town from the perspective of its residents, and begin asking questions about how their community could be improved.Data sourcesPopulation data is from the 2010 U.S. Census blocks. Each census block has a count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive. Census blocks known to be unpopulated are given a score of 0. The layer is available as a hosted feature layer.Grocery store locations are from SafeGraph, reflecting what was in the data as of October 2020. Access to the layer was obtained from the SafeGraph offering in ArcGIS Marketplace. For this project, ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was used for the street network in the origin-destination analysis work, because it already has the necessary attributes on each street segment to identify which streets are considered walkable, and supports a wide variety of driving parameters.The walkable access layer and drivable access layers are rasters, whose colors were chosen to allow the drivable access layer to serve as backdrop to the walkable access layer. Alternative versions of these layers are available. These pairs use different colors but are otherwise identical in content.Data PreparationArcGIS Network Analyst was used to set up a network street layer for analysis. ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was installed to a local hard drive and selected in the Origin-Destination workflow as the network data source. This allows the origins (Census block centroids) and destinations (SafeGraph grocery stores) to be connected to that network, to allow origin-destination analysis.The Census blocks layer contains the centroid of each Census block. The data allows a simple popup to be created. This layer's block figures can be summarized further, to tract, county and state levels.The SafeGraph grocery store locations were created by querying the SafeGraph source layer based on primary NAICS code. After connecting to the layer in ArcGIS Pro, a definition query was set to only show records with NAICS code 445110 as an initial screening. The layer was exported to a local disk drive for further definition query refinement, to eliminate any records that were obviously not grocery stores. The final layer used in the analysis had approximately 53,600 records. In this map, this layer is included as a vector tile layer.MethodologyEvery census block in the U.S. was assigned two access scores, whose numbers are simply how many grocery stores are within a 10 minute walk and a 10 minute drive of that census block. Every census block has a score of 0 (no stores), 1, 2 or more stores. The count of accessible stores was determined using Origin-Destination Analysis in ArcGIS Network Analyst, in ArcGIS Pro. A set of Tools in this ArcGIS Pro package allow a similar analysis to be conducted for any city or other area. The Tools step through the data prep and analysis steps. Download the Pro package, open it and substitute your own layers for Origins and Destinations. Parcel centroids are a suggested option for Origins, for example. Origin-Destination analysis was configured, using ArcGIS StreetMap Premium as the network data source. Census block centroids with population greater than zero were used as the Origins, and grocery store locations were used as the Destinations. A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Walk Time option. Only one restriction was applied to the street network: Walkable, which means Interstates and other non-walkable street segments were treated appropriately. You see the results in the map: wherever freeway overpasses and underpasses are present near a grocery store, the walkable area extends across/through that pass, but not along the freeway.A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Drive Time option. The default restrictions were applied to the street network, which means a typical vehicle's access to all types of roads was factored in.The results for each analysis were captured in the Lines layer, which shows which origins are within the cutoff of each destination over the street network, given the assumptions about that network (walking, or driving a vehicle).The Lines layer was then summarized by census block ID to capture the Maximum value of the Destination_Rank field. A census block within 10 minutes of 3 stores would have 3 records in the Lines layer, but only one value in the summarized table, with a MAX_Destination_Rank field value of 3. This is the number of stores accessible to that census block in the 10 minutes measured, for walking and driving. These data were joined to the block centroids layer and given unique names. At this point, all blocks with zero population or null values in the MAX_Destination_Rank fields were given a store count of 0, to help the next step.Walkable and Drivable areas are calculated into a raster layer, using Nearest Neighbor geoprocessing tool on the count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive, respectively. This tool uses a 200 meter grid and interpolates the values between each census block. A census tracts layer containing all water polygons "erased" from the census tract boundaries was used as an environment setting, to help constrain interpolation into/across bodies of water. The same layer use used to "shoreline" the Nearest Neighbor results, to eliminate any interpolation into the ocean or Great Lakes. This helped but was not perfect.Notes and LimitationsThe map provides a baseline for discussing access to grocery stores in a city. It does not presume local population has the desire or means to walk or drive to obtain groceries. It does not take elevation gain or loss into account. It does not factor time of day nor weather, seasons, or other variables that affect a person's commute choices. Walking and driving are just two ways people get to a grocery store. Some people ride a bike, others take public transit, have groceries delivered, or rely on a friend with a vehicle. Thank you to Melinda Morang on the Network Analyst team for guidance and suggestions at key moments along the way; to Emily Meriam for reviewing the previous version of this map and creating new color palettes and marker symbols specific to this project. Additional ReadingThe methods by which access to food is measured and reported have improved in the past decade or so, as has the uses of such measurements. Some relevant papers and articles are provided below as a starting point.Measuring Food Insecurity Using the Food Abundance Index: Implications for Economic, Health and Social Well-BeingHow to Identify Food Deserts: Measuring Physical and Economic Access to Supermarkets in King County, WashingtonAccess to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their ConsequencesDifferent Measures of Food Access Inform Different SolutionsThe time cost of access to food – Distance to the grocery store as measured in minutes

Measure and Map Access to Grocery StoresFrom the perspective of the people living in each neighborhoodHow do people in your city get to the grocery store? The answer to that question depends on the person and where they live. This web map helps answer the question in this app.Some live in cities and stop by a grocery store within a short walk or bike ride of home or work. Others live in areas where car ownership is more prevalent, and so they drive to a store. Some do not own a vehicle, and rely on a friend or public transit. Others rely on grocery delivery for their needs. And, many live in rural areas far from town, so a trip to a grocery store is an infrequent event involving a long drive.This map from Esri shows which areas are within a ten minute walk or ten minute drive of a grocery store in the United States and Puerto Rico. Darker color indicates access to more stores. The chart shows how many people can walk to a grocery store if they wanted to or needed to.It is estimated that 20% of U.S. population live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store, and 92% of the population live within a 10 minute drive of a grocery store.Look up your city to see how the numbers change as you move around the map. Or, draw a neighborhood boundary on the map to get numbers for that area.Every census block is scored with a count of walkable and drivable stores nearby, making this a map suitable for a dashboard for any city, or any of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico. Two colorful layers visualize this definition of access, one for walkable access (suitable for looking at a city neighborhood by neighborhood) and one for drivable access (suitable for looking across a city, county, region or state).On the walkable layer, shades of green define areas within a ten minute walk of one or more grocery stores. The colors become more intense and trend to a blue-green color for the busiest neighborhoods, such as downtown San Francisco. As you zoom in, a layer of Census block points visualizes the local population with or without walkable access.As you zoom out to see the entire city, the map adds a light blue - to dark blue layer, showing which parts of the region fall within ten minutes' drive of one or more grocery stores. As a result, the map is useful at all scales, from national to regional, state and local levels. It becomes easier to spot grocery stores that sit within a highly populated area, and grocery stores that sit in a shopping center far away from populated areas. This view of a city begins to hint at the question: how many people have each type of access to grocery stores? And, what if they are unable to walk a mile regularly, or don't own a car?How to Use This MapUse this map to introduce the concepts of access to grocery stores in your city or town. This is the kind of map where people will want to look up their home or work address to validate what the map is saying.The map was built with that use in mind. Many maps of access use straight-line, as-the-crow-flies distance, which ignores real-world barriers to walkability like rivers, lakes, interstates and other characteristics of the built environment. Block analysis using a network data set and Origin-Destination analysis factors these barriers in, resulting in a more realistic depiction of access.There is data behind the map, which can be summarized to show how many people have walkable access to local grocery stores. The map includes a feature layer of population in Census block points, which are visible when you zoom in far enough. This feature layer can be plugged into an app like this one that summarizes the population with/without walkable or drivable access.Lastly, this map can serve as backdrop to other community resources, like food banks, farmers markets (example), and transit (example). Add a transit layer to immediately gauge its impact on the population's grocery access. You can also use this map to see how it relates to communities of concern. Add a layer of any block group or tract demographics, such as Percent Senior Population (examples), or Percent of Households with Access to 0 Vehicles (examples).The map is a useful visual and analytic resource for helping community leaders, business and government leaders see their town from the perspective of its residents, and begin asking questions about how their community could be improved.Data sourcesPopulation data is from the 2010 U.S. Census blocks. Each census block has a count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive. Census blocks known to be unpopulated are given a score of 0. The layer is available as a hosted feature layer.Grocery store locations are from SafeGraph, reflecting what was in the data as of October 2020. Access to the layer was obtained from the SafeGraph offering in ArcGIS Marketplace. For this project, ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was used for the street network in the origin-destination analysis work, because it already has the necessary attributes on each street segment to identify which streets are considered walkable, and supports a wide variety of driving parameters.The walkable access layer and drivable access layers are rasters, whose colors were chosen to allow the drivable access layer to serve as backdrop to the walkable access layer. Alternative versions of these layers are available. These pairs use different colors but are otherwise identical in content.Data PreparationArcGIS Network Analyst was used to set up a network street layer for analysis. ArcGIS StreetMap Premium was installed to a local hard drive and selected in the Origin-Destination workflow as the network data source. This allows the origins (Census block centroids) and destinations (SafeGraph grocery stores) to be connected to that network, to allow origin-destination analysis.The Census blocks layer contains the centroid of each Census block. The data allows a simple popup to be created. This layer's block figures can be summarized further, to tract, county and state levels.The SafeGraph grocery store locations were created by querying the SafeGraph source layer based on primary NAICS code. After connecting to the layer in ArcGIS Pro, a definition query was set to only show records with NAICS code 445110 as an initial screening. The layer was exported to a local disk drive for further definition query refinement, to eliminate any records that were obviously not grocery stores. The final layer used in the analysis had approximately 53,600 records. In this map, this layer is included as a vector tile layer.MethodologyEvery census block in the U.S. was assigned two access scores, whose numbers are simply how many grocery stores are within a 10 minute walk and a 10 minute drive of that census block. Every census block has a score of 0 (no stores), 1, 2 or more stores. The count of accessible stores was determined using Origin-Destination Analysis in ArcGIS Network Analyst, in ArcGIS Pro. A set of Tools in this ArcGIS Pro package allow a similar analysis to be conducted for any city or other area. The Tools step through the data prep and analysis steps. Download the Pro package, open it and substitute your own layers for Origins and Destinations. Parcel centroids are a suggested option for Origins, for example. Origin-Destination analysis was configured, using ArcGIS StreetMap Premium as the network data source. Census block centroids with population greater than zero were used as the Origins, and grocery store locations were used as the Destinations. A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Walk Time option. Only one restriction was applied to the street network: Walkable, which means Interstates and other non-walkable street segments were treated appropriately. You see the results in the map: wherever freeway overpasses and underpasses are present near a grocery store, the walkable area extends across/through that pass, but not along the freeway.A cutoff of 10 minutes was used with the Drive Time option. The default restrictions were applied to the street network, which means a typical vehicle's access to all types of roads was factored in.The results for each analysis were captured in the Lines layer, which shows which origins are within the cutoff of each destination over the street network, given the assumptions about that network (walking, or driving a vehicle).The Lines layer was then summarized by census block ID to capture the Maximum value of the Destination_Rank field. A census block within 10 minutes of 3 stores would have 3 records in the Lines layer, but only one value in the summarized table, with a MAX_Destination_Rank field value of 3. This is the number of stores accessible to that census block in the 10 minutes measured, for walking and driving. These data were joined to the block centroids layer and given unique names. At this point, all blocks with zero population or null values in the MAX_Destination_Rank fields were given a store count of 0, to help the next step.Walkable and Drivable areas are calculated into a raster layer, using Nearest Neighbor geoprocessing tool on the count of stores within a 10 minute walk, and a count of stores within a ten minute drive, respectively. This tool uses a 200 meter grid and interpolates the values between each census block. A census tracts layer containing all water polygons "erased" from the census tract boundaries was used as an environment setting, to help constrain interpolation into/across bodies of water. The same layer use used to "shoreline" the Nearest Neighbor results, to eliminate any interpolation into the ocean or Great Lakes. This helped but was not perfect.Notes and LimitationsThe map provides a baseline for discussing access to grocery stores in a city. It does not presume local population has the desire or means to walk or drive to obtain groceries. It does not take elevation gain or loss into account. It does not factor time of day nor weather, seasons, or other variables that affect a