Food Culture

Collecting food data will show how many restaurants exit for each distinctive culture. Perhaps this can be compared in a ratio to the population of Auckland. Is there a consistency ie. 20% Malaysian = 20% Malaysian population in Auckland.....most likley this correlation is not 1:1.

Auckland from google maps

Auckland at a glance from googlemaps. Places of activity are shown but the experience is not. Is there a way to go beyond just pinpointing a location?

Food map research

Mapping the hidden.

Taco Truck Lover Maps His Favorite Eateries Online
by Cyrus Farivar

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89990576

"steers people toward smaller, harder-to-find eateries" current trend of maps.

Fast food in Kansas city. On the left chockfull of outlets, on the right nothing!
Starbucks locations in US as of June 2008

Images sourced from http://www.caffeinemaps.com/ and http://www.fastfoodmaps.com/

Project proposal: Food & Mapping

Food is an important part of culture, Apple Pie - America, Fish and Chips - New Zealand, Sushi - Japan and the list goes on.

I propose to look at Auckland through my stomach. I propose to map out the eating places in Auckland and categorise them in as many ways as possible to see if a pattern emerges. After all supply and demand go hand in hand and whatever pattern emerges out of this will tell tales of the population that demands it! I don't know where this project will go but this is step one.

Step one: map out food places
Step two: analyse
Step three: conclusion leads to an intervention?









image source: ww.isrealli.org

International AUCKLAND

Auckland, is set apart from other cities in NZ, because it is the gateway into NZ...or gatekeeper for NZ. Either way it is deemed an international city....

Undoubtedly, there would be a wide variety of ethnicities here. Can I map them? What sort of pattern would emerge?

What constitutes an ethnicity? Language, religion and food. If mapped for the city of Auckland, what would emerge? A dominance of one over another? More importantly, is this the pattern that I am seeking or just a pattern that is convenient to uncover...am still wondering what patterns there are that will see Auckland in a new light.



(Image from complex.city.online.fr/?cat=3)

Orchid Fractal Analysis

How do crowds move?

The pattern they fall into is called OrchidFractal Analysis where people naturally form a swirling orchid pattern. It is part of human behaviour. It might be be interesting tosee how crowds in Auckland behave? Another avenue.

I'm still not sure so am exploring what I can do to discover patterns in Auckland.

http://www.geocities.com/Omegaman_UK/crowd2.html