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Beefspace: Fast Food Density in America http://corefitchicago.com/blog/2013/01/22/beefspace-fast-food-density-in-america/ http://corefitchicago.com/blog/2013/01/22/beefspace-fast-food-density-in-america/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:31:32 +0000 Shayna Robinson, MSPT, PhD http://corefitchicago.com/blog/?p=508 Continue reading →]]> Expert data nerd Stephen Von Worley has created Beefspace, a great visualization that depicts the density of major fast food chains across the country. Using information from AggData, Von Worley assigned each fast food chain a different color and then plotted the locations.

Here’s how he explains his method:

The colors now represent the three most influential chains at each point, weighted by cumulative force at a 4:2:1 ratio, where black is McDonald

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