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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About Ann Treacy

Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

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