Infographic: We've Become The United States Of Starbucks A MAP OF 8,000 U.S. STARBUCKS LOCATIONS USES SPATIAL ANALYTICS TO PLOT THE CHAIN'S STAGGERING REACH.
It feels like there's a Starbucks on every corner, but is there, really? I may spot five green-clad coffee shops on the way to work each morning, but Starbucks doesn't often flaunt their massive reach. There's no placemat with maps of every location, à la Big Boy--once you're big enough, there's really no good that will come from reminding people just how big you really are. But University of Washington PhD candidate James Davenport wanted an answer. So he scraped the location of nearly every corporate-owned Starbucks location (in other words, everything but those tiny Starbucks inside grocery stores) from a food review website, then plotted the 8,000 U.S. locations he found onto a map of the country, adding a bit of spatial analytics to the mix. ... http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670982/infographic-weve-become-the-united-states-of-starbucks _______________________________________________ Please be sure to include a URL to the article. Reply to the sender with a "Thank you" if you like this post. _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
