Day… 4? … of the #30dayMappingChallenge. Today’s theme was Hexagons.
Given that it is Black Friday here in the U.S., I thought it might be interesting to try and display retail sales data. Initially, I wanted to try to get retail sales data at a fairly granular level, but I couldn’t find any non-proprietary data sources that were a) recent and b) more granular than the metro level.
So… I went with a different view, looking at commercial building impervious surface data from the City of Charlotte. They use it for stormwater bill assessments, but I’m using it as a rough proxy for building square footage. Not where I had initially intended on taking this, but it does the job for now. Now time for another Thanksgiving Gobbler Sandwich!
