foodDesertShp: Boundaries of three Neighorhoods in the City of Dallas, TX

In TexMix: Supporting Functions and Data for Geo-Spatial Analytics Courses at UTDallas, Texas

Description

Three polygons of putative food deserts in the longitude and latitude format (see proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84")).

Format

Spatial polygon data-frame with 3 areas and the following variables:

ID

Internal polygon ID

AREA

Neighborhood area in square miles

DESERT

Factor witht he name of the three neighborhoods

Source

Dallas Morning News Nov 16, 2016 (see https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2016/11/16/will-southern-dallas-food-deserts-get-relief)

Examples

library(maptools)
validTractShp <- tractShp[!is.na(tractShp$BUYPOW), ]  # Remove 2 tracts with NA's
plot(tractShp, col="white", border="white", axes=TRUE,
     main="Dallas Census Tracts with Food Deserts")
plot(validTractShp, col="ivory2", border="white", add=TRUE)
plot(lakesShp, col="skyblue", border="skyblue",add=TRUE)
plot(hwyShp, col="cornsilk3", lwd=3, add=TRUE)
plot(foodDesertShp, border="magenta",lwd=2, add=TRUE)
plot(bndShp, border="black", add=TRUE)
box()

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