This map is work in progress. It is being created at Nesta by John Davies

The map's data sources:

The general food outlet information

This is obtained by geocoding the list of Liverpool food outlets on the Food Standards Agency website

The affordable food initatives (Food pantries, Free food initatives, Community cafes) information

This has been obtained from the Liverpool good food plan. A map of these sites may be seen at Feeding Liverpool map

The information on Emergency food initatives (Food parcel and meal providers

This has been obtained from the Liverpool good food plan

The walking distance layer

This is created by calling the MapboxGL isochrone API

The reception class obesity layer at the ward level

This data has been obtained from Liverpool council

The e-food deserts index layer

This is an index measuring the degree to which areas have characteristics associated with food deserts. The index is produced by CDRC and was obtained from their website

The areas that are more than 10 minutes away and in highest quintiles

This data is derived from the layers, food bank and accessible food outlet data. It is produced by the Further_analysis notebook

The data on food bank and pantry usage

This had been obtained from the Liverpool good food plan

All other layer data

This is taken from the index of multiple deprivation

The map's code:

The map's code is available on GitHub here

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Please send any queries to John using the following email format: johnardavies at gmail.com