Posted by: Ann Treacy | January 31, 2007

GIS used to map city access to healthy foods

National Public Radio is current running a story on a group in Philadelphia that is using high-tech mapping technologies to show that people in poor neighborhoods need more places to shop for healthy food. (You can read or listen to the story online.)

It’s a great example of how access to broadband technology can provide access to information that will make a difference in the lives in a community.


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