Metadata: opportunity_maps_pdx

opportunity_maps_pdx

Category Planning
Feature Dataset Name STAND-ALONE
Item Name Opportunity_Maps_pdx
Database Type SDE
Originator City of Portland
Bureau Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Publication Date 06/13/2014
Abstract
As the name suggests, “Opportunity mapping” is a research tool that uses spatial analysis to shed light on existing opportunities in the city.
Neighborhood resources and access to these resources present themselves as “opportunities” to area residents, impacting not just their quality of
life but also their chances for self-advancement and fulfillment of their household needs and aspirations. The Kirwan Institute based in Ohio State
University is to be credited for offering this tool that aims to provide an analytical framework to illustrate the presence and intensity of various
opportunities in an area. The analysis can be customized to select and weight resources based on community specific objectives. For creating
Opportunity Maps for the City of Portland, the five key categories that were used include: (1) Childhood Education; (2) Employment; (3) Transportation; (4)
Access to Family Wage Jobs; and (5) Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL).
Purpose
This layer is a useful tool that can help the City of Portland to make strategic
investments to further equity and enhance opportunities for all its residents.
Supplemental Information
Last Dataset Update 02/27/2019 10:24
Last Source Update 04/27/2018 09:00
Maintenance/Update Frequency Unknown
Extent Clackamas County, Multnomah County, and Washington County, Oregon
Data Type Vector
Shape Type Polygon
Feature Count 5
Horizontal Position Accuracy This layer represents the final output of the processing of many different layers, each with their own level of accuracy. Horizontal position accuracy is unknown.
Horizontal Position Accuracy Link Taxlots
Progress Complete
North Bounding Coordinate 737527.791994766
South Bounding Coordinate 645878.813976392
East Bounding Coordinate 7702258.07349081
West Bounding Coordinate 7598725.67716537
Theme Keyword(s) opportunity mapping, portland
Theme Keyword Thesaurus none
Place Keyword(s) Portland, Multnomah County, Washington County, Clackamas County, Oregon
Place Keyword Thesaurus none
Access Constraints Available for Public Use
Use Constraints These data are distributed under the terms of the City of Portland Data Distribution Policy. Care was taken in the creation of this data but it is provided "as is".

The City of Portland cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy.
Source Dataset Type Shapefile
Output Geodatabase EGH_Web
Distribution Grid: State plane coordinate system 1983(91).
Units: International feet
Datum: North American Datum of 1983/1991 (HPGN)
Liability: The information in this file was derived from digital databases on the City of Portland GIS. Care was taken in the creation of this file. The City cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy. There are no warranties, expressed or implied.
Format: Shapefile or File Geodatabase Feature Class - Data will be provided via City of Portland FTP Site.
Online Resource: http://portlandmaps.com/opendata
Online Instructions: City of Portland Public/Open Data is distributed via the PortlandMaps Open Data Site - http://portlandmaps.com/opendata. Data not available on the PortlandMaps Open Data site can be requested by contacting the City of Portland CGIS Group - maps@portlandoregon.gov
Transfer Size: varies
SPCS Zone Identifier: 5076
Contact(s)
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David Sheern
503-823-4103
david.sheern@portlandoregon.gov
421 SW 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97204

City of Portland - PHB
PHBInfo@portlandoregon.org
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Methodology:
This layer represents the final output of an analysis measuring the proximity to five categories of opportunities (shown in the maps below)
that the community values as being critical to keeping housing costs affordable and for achieving household prosperity. As part of their 5-Year Housing
Plan, the Housing Authority of Clackamas County (HACC) developed a series of opportunity maps. The methodology for this study is based on
modifications to the HACC Opportunity Mapping Project. Outputs for this analysis were generated with ArcGIS 10.1 using ArcToolbox tools, Network
Analyst, and Spatial Analyst extensions. This analysis required no custom programming and was performed using only “out of the box” tools.
To measure proximity, walkable isochrones of ¼ mile, ½ mile, and 1 mile were prepared in Network Analyst for the selected opportunities, using a
network comprised of street centerline and walking trail datasets. Density measurements were generated using the Kernel Density, Point Density,
and Line Density tools in Spatial Analyst. Kernel Density and Point Density were run with a 1-mile search radius (the maximum walking distance
scored), while the Line Density was run with a 660-foot search radius (the width of a standard city block). Data was collected and analyzed for an
area up to 1 mile (as per the max walking distance) outside of the city boundary to ensure the quality of inputs and outputs at the city’s edges.
Analysis Tools by Opportunity Category:
Walking distance networks were created for the following data/opportunities: public K-12 schools, (grouped as “Childhood Education”); adult
education resources (grouped as “Employment”); transit centers, light rail, streetcar, tram, bus stops, bike lanes (all grouped as “Transportation”);
parks and natural areas, senior centers, chain grocery stores, meal centers, independent food stores, farmers’ markets, community gardens,
Multnomah County health clinics, hospitals with emergency rooms (all grouped as “HEAL”).
School catchment areas were used to score high school graduation rates and achievement index ratings (all grouped as "Childhood Education").
A network analysis, based on a 60-minute trip via mass transit, was created for the family wage jobs dataset (grouped as “Access to Family Wage
Jobs”).
Density analyses were generated for the following data/opportunities: sidewalks (grouped as “Transportation”); clinics and providers accepting
Oregon Health Plan (OHP) (grouped as "HEAL"); higher-wage jobs, lower-wage jobs (all grouped as “Employment”).
Analysis:
To keep the five primary categories consistent, all of these categorical scores were standardized to a 0-100 scale.
The walking distance isochrones were given the following values: ¼ mile = 3, ½ mile = 2, 1 mile = 1, greater than 1 mile = 0.
For density analyses, Kernel Density (lower-wage jobs, higher-wage jobs) and Line Density (sidewalks) and Point Density (OHP providers) were used.
The Kernel and Point Density outputs were then reclassified into 25 classes while the Line Density output was reclassified to 10 classes, all using the
“Jenks” method. Next, the rasters were converted to feature classes, and the values were standardized to a 0-100 scoring scale.
Layers were then overlaid with the Union tool and the component scores were summed and standardized to produce the final output, with all five
primary opportunity categories (Transportation, Access to Family Wage Jobs, HEAL, Childhood Education, Employment) receiving an equal weight.
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Column Sort Column Name Column Alias Column Type Column Size Domain Value(s) Column Description
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1 OBJECTID OBJECTID Integer 10
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The unique ID for each scoring category
1 SymbologyS SymbologyS Integer 5
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