Data Sources and Preparation
Data Source |
Data Name |
Data Manipulation to Vector Format in ArcGIS |
Converting ArcGIS Shapefiles into IDRISI Raster Format |
SIS Lab (Simon Fraser University) |
Bust stops Skytrain stations GVRD landuse Vancouver main streets Vancouver parks Vancouver Census Tract |
Selecting attributes that intersect with the Census Tract, which is the coverage area, and then exporting them into the same vector format. Vancouver Land Use Map
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All vector data was converted into a raster format with the same projection as the Vancouver parks raster file because it had the largest number of columns and rows. All raster files used a UTM Zone 10N projection. |
VanMap (City of Vancouver) |
Preschools Actual Chid Development Hub |
Comparing the street networks between VanMap and GVRD streets, available at Data Warehouse, to locate a hundred preschool and hubs sites in a ArcGIS shapefile. The attribute, the number of childcare space (for children under age 5) was also recorded according to each preschool's location. Preschools Map The preschools site shapefile intersected with the Vancouver Census Tract so that the childcare space were recorded among the Census Tract attributes. |
Same as above. |
2001 Census Data (Univeristy of Toronto) |
Total number of children under 6 at home Employed population 15 years and over in private household with children under 6 only Total population 15 years and over by hours spent looking after children without pay |
Census data was converted into an Excel format and than transported into a ArcGIS shapefile as attributes. The Vancouver Census Tract shapefile had the same ID as the census data; therefore, I used join to combine the attributes into one file. |
Same as above. |
Data Source List
University of Toronto. (2005). Canadian Census Analyser. Retrieved November 15, 2006, from http://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/census/
The City of Vancouver. (2006). VanMap. Retrieved November 20, 2006, from http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/vanmap/
Simon Fraser Univerity. (2006). Data Warehouse.