Bicycle vs. Car Crash Analysis

November 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Lexington, Kentucky. October 15, 2008 – October 14, 2013.

Lab_3_previewAn analysis of bicycle accidents reported by Kentucky law enforcement agencies over 5 years in Fayette County.

Within Fayette County, 396 bicycle and motor vehicle collisions were reported with 293 injuries and 3 fatalities. The average age of the cyclist was 29 years, 76% were male, and only 25% were wearing a helmet. 21% of the collisions were hit-and-run. The greatest rate, or density, of crashes centers on UK’s campus. The next highest density was downtown, followed by small increases in crashes near Harrodsburg and Waller Ave, Winchester Rd, and on Loudon Ave. Critical street segments in order of greatest number of crashes are: Limestone north of Virginia Ave, Euclid Ave east of Woodland Ave, Rose St between Euclid and Huguelet Dr, and Winchester Road near intersection with East Third St.

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Of all workers (16 years and older) living in the Urban Service Area, only 0.94% say the actively bike commute to work. Within 0.5 miles of a bike lane or sharrow, the share of workers saying they bike commute rises to 1.7%. Also, 89% of bike commuters live within a half mile of a bike lane or sharrow. It is estimated that 25% of all reported accidents have happened on streets with a sharrow or bike lane.

Maps and analysis by Boyd Shearer for GEO 309, NRE 355, and LA 855, October 20, 2013. University of Kentucky. Data acquired from the Kentucky State Police’s Kentucky Collision Analysis for the Public database (http://crashinformationky.org/) and the 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Block Groups (http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-data.html).

 

 

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Distressed Kentucky Areas

October 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ky Distressed Areas

A GIS analysis

Socioeconomic and Environmental Distress by Block Group in Kentucky

A preliminary fact: Landsat Annual Timelapse 1984-2012 (from Google’s Earth Engine project) shows a glimpse of the vast impact of surface mining in the eastern Kentucky coal fields.

Kentucky’s population is nearly balanced between urban and rural. 52% of Kentucky’s population lives in rural census block groups¹. Economic and social distress² is more likely to occur in rural areas. 61% of Kentucky’s distressed population lives in rural areas.

Surface coal mining³ mostly occurs in rural areas and the highest rate of mine permits to population occurs in distressed rural areas. 99.3% of mine permits exist in rural areas.

The rate of mine permits to persons is 12.8 permits per thousand residents in all distressed areas, 4.24 permits per thousand residents in transitional areas, and .221 permits per thousand residents in non-distressed areas. In the most severely distressed rural areas, the rate is the highest at 32.0 permits per thousand residents.

61.2% of all distressed rural areas have mine permits.

Notes

¹ Rural and urban census lock groups are defined based on population density and proximity to other high density block groups. A block group is considered urban if its population density is greater than or equal to 1,000 persons per square mile. If an adjacent block group has a population density of 500 people per square mile, then it is considered urban. All other block groups are rural. Block groups are also referred to here as “areas.”

² Distressed is defined by census block group using the 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-year estimates and comparing local rates to national rates in the following indicators (with U.S. averages): Poverty Rate (14.3%), Per Capita Income ($27,915), Unemployment Rate (8.7%), and No High School Educational Attainment Rate, for populations 25+ (6.1%).

A block group is defined distressed if it meets the following criteria: greater than 1.5*Poverty Rate, 1.5*Unemployment Rate, 1* No High School Educational Attainment Rate, and less than 0.66*PCI. It is also defined distressed if it has greater than 2*Poverty Rate, 1*No High School Educational Attainment Rate, and is greater than 1.5*Unemployment Rate or less than 0.66*PCI.

A block group is severely distressed if it meets the following criteria: greater than 2*Poverty Rate, 2*Unemployment Rate, 2*No High School Educational Attainment Rate, and less than 0.5*PCI. It is also defined distressed if it has greater than 2.5*Poverty Rate, 2*No High School Educational Attainment Rate, and is greater than 2*Unemployment Rate or less than 0.5*PCI

³ Division of Mine Permits, Kentucky Department for Natural Resources. Locations of surface mining permits (easternmost intersection of the access road with a public road) includes all permits from the DNR database accessed on October 15, 2013. The majority of permits are for mines no longer operational.

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2013 Veterans Park Mountain Biking Trail Map

May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment

4.8-mile loop trail & out and back all on singletrack.

In tribute to Bike Lexington month, we’ve made a new map for beginning mountain bikers. If you’re new to trail riding and want tight, banking turns on fast, easy trail, then visit’s Lexington’s Veteran’s Park.

We created this map as a demonstration of small-area map making. We first walked the trail with a Trimble GPS unit this past winter to accurately locate the trail. We then used Kentucky’s new aerial photography and LiDAR elevation data to make 5-foot contours and heads-up digitized canopy coverage. We also pulled in the impervious and waterbody layers from the new Open Data Portal from LFUCG. This is all GIS data that has been created and/or made available in the past six months.

More nerd alert. The recent availability of small-scale mapping data is awesome. We thought we’d try to see how good this data is and make trail elevation profiles, which is included with this map. While the elevation profile is not perfect at this scale (with perhaps a +/- 8 ft height error for any given point on the profile), it gives a good distance measurement and represents well the relative slope of the trail. Since the vertical scale is not the same as the horizontal scale, the profile exaggerates the pumps & humps a rider faces…which means, the slopes are exaggerated.

Enjoy and tell us what you think.

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Panama Adventure Hiking Elevation Profiles

March 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Elevation profiles for adventure hiking.

Elevation profiles for adventure hiking.

Looking for a spring adventure? We designed a website and these elevation profiles for a client that creates custom tour packages for Boca Chica, Panama. Below are descriptions of a few tours one could enjoy before the rainy season.

Amistad Adventure Trek
Hike a truly unique and extreme jungle trail from the cloud forests to the Caribbean lowlands in this united National Park of Panama and Costa Rica. A 42-kilometer trek with 2,500 meters terrain relief that you hike in 3 days.

Comarca Adventure Trek
Explore remote forested regions and Caribbean slopes of the Panama cordillera. A 46-kilometer trek with 1,300 meters terrain relief that you hike in 4 days. The trail is filled with amazing views, steep climbs and descents as you traverse the footpaths of the Ngabe Indian Reservation.

When you need a new adventure, ExploreBocaChica.com

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Carter Caves Trail Map

January 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Carter Caves State Resort Park Trail Map. 1:16500 scale with Tygarts State Forest. Click to download PDF.

This topographic map shows official trails in the Carter Caves State Resort Park and neighboring Tygarts State Forest. The map contains detailed trail descriptions and an inset map for the trails around the campground and lodge. A one-color free version of the map is available at the park visitors center. A full-color map is available for purchase or download a digital copy here.

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Rephotographing Lexington’s Streetscapes

December 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Rephotographing Lexington’s Streetscapes. Click to view Google Map.

A collaborative final project for GEO 172, Introduction to Human Geography, Fall 2012, BCTCS

The class was tasked with rephotographing the streetscapes of downtown Lexington captured by Asa Coleman Chin in 1920-1921. Sanborn maps of the areas Chin photographed are provided as a reference.

Students then researched Lexington newspapers for information about city life during the period 1907-1921. Historic themes of urban improvement, segregation, and riots emerge. Students’ photographs & research show monumental change in areas of civic life, but often little change in many areas of the city’s built environment.

Sources: Kentuckiana Digital Library & Lexington Public Library

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2012 Bike Lexington Map

July 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

This map is freely available at local bike shops and as an electronic download.

We are proud to announce the release of the Bike Lexington Map which locates bicycling facilities and preferred routes in Lexington, Kentucky. The purpose of the map is to show existing facilities (such as bike lanes and shared-use paths) and preferred routes (wider roads with low volume and/or low speed)  to encourage cycling and help cyclists plan trips through the city.

This 27″ x 39″ free, full-color map can be found at local bicycling shops and the Bread Box’s Broke Spoke and West 6th Street Brewing. UK students can pick up the map at Wildcat Wheels. Other outlets are sure to be added.

Digital PDF copies are offered in a few versions.

  1. The official map (7 megabytes) is the version printed.
  2. A map with aerial photography (49 megabytes) shows the built environment and surrounding countryside.
  3. A map book (27 megabytes) allows for easier printing and mobile use.
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Archives of stuff

July 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Visit our site from 2004

Visit our site from 2004

Gallery

Archive from 2011

Just for fun, we have added portions of our site from the old days of 2004 and 2011. Much of the content is duplicated, but it shows the evolution outrageGIS.com. If you want to go wayback, you need the wayback machine internet archive for our site. It should be noted that many links may be broken and contact forms will not work, since the emails have changed. If you need to contact us now, please use this link.

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First Frontier Audio Driving Tour

April 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Download and print the two-hour audio driving tour.

What trails will you blaze through this new frontier?

You will travel over ancient buffalo traces and Native American trails that frontier settlers cut into roads seeking the fertile lands of Kentucky. You will walk through Cumberland Gap where the Wilderness Road and the Warrior’s Path meet and look out upon America’s First Frontier. Along the Kingdom Come Scenic Parkway, you will hear the rushing headwaters of the mighty Cumberland River.

Download Hi quality (220 meg)

For adventuresome spirits, the unexplored road lures you to rugged mountain settlements and luxuriant coves of rhododendron blooms. Autumn hues of amber and scarlet sweeten your memories of fall vacations. Springtime stirs enchanting old-time songs and the colors of redbuds and dogwoods in our mountain festivals.

Website

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Kentucky Boating Access Sites

March 5, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Kentucky Boating Access Sites: one Texas-rigged publication!

This publicaiton was commissioned by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife and was offered freely at places throughout Kentucky where one could buy a fishing license. The 11′ x 17′ booklet is no longer printed, but you can download full resolution PDFs from this site. The publication primarily shows public boat ramps and access sites on Kentucky’s lakes and rivers. It also shows stocked trout streams and favorable waters for other species. If you’ve ever fished with a texas-rigged worm, this is your book.

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Veterans Park Frisbee Golf Course

July 5, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Veterans Park Frisbee Golf Coursr

Since the building of Veterans Park’s new mountain bike trails, this map is no longer completely accurate, except for the frisbee golf course. So if you like to throw the plastic disks, then you have a map here.

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John’s Run Walk maps

August 25, 2005 by Leave a Comment

Three running routes around Chevy Chase

Street map for southeast Lexington with 10-foot elevation contours

Often folks wonder were to run in Lexington, especially after purchasing some fast and fly sneakers. These two maps present options for the runner. The first map locates three routes that verteran runners use for safety, scenery, and distance. The second map is simply a topographic street map for southeast Lexington inside New Circle.

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At Leisure’s Edge

August 8, 2001 by Leave a Comment
At Leisure's Edge

Download audio documentary (66 Megabytes)

At Leisure’s Edge, an audio exploration of Kentucky’s historic black parks. This download contains maps and audio that locate and describe Kentucky’s once-segregated black parks, including Cherokee State Resort Park in western Kentucky.

Have a listen to the Introduction.

Read the Script-Radio-Documentary and visit the SoundCloud set.

Maps: InfoSheet and InfoSheet-Map

Or watch a one-hour documentary.

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The Elkhorn City Living Cemetery Project

April 9, 1999 by Leave a Comment

Click to view map. Requires Flash.

This interactive map that provides information for individual grave plots. Users can pan and zoom to selected grave plots and click to read information about the deceased.

This project was supported by the U.K. Appalachian Center, Elkhorn City Heritage Council, and the Kentucky Humanities Council.

View interactive Map requires flash.

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