8/9/2019 Dunkin Donuts Project

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Methods

Bridgewater Runs On DunkinMackenzie Leahy, Esther Finney, Matt Horan, Bridget Gavin

Bridg ewater State University, College of Science and Mathematics

Geography Department: Cartograph y Class Spring 2014

Resources: Google maps, Google Earth, ArcMap, qrstuff.com

The final map shows forty Dunkin Donuts in thetowns of West Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Brockton,Hanson, Halifax, Raynham, Easton, South Easton,Whitman, and Middleborough. A half mile buffer wasused to locate surrounding Dunkin Donuts from the pointof 24 Park Ave, Bridgewater. Overlapping buffers show ahigh concentration of the Dunkin Donuts located within ahalf mile from each other. QR codes were made to givewalking and driving directions to the Dunkin Donutswithin a 7 mile radius. The closest Dunkin Donuts to theConant Science and Math center was 407 feet, locatedin the Rondileau Campus Center. The farthest DunkinDonuts within the radius was located approximately 9.1miles away in Raynham.

Introduction

Results

AbstractOur goal was to locate and show all of the Dunkin

Donuts within a seven mile radius from the ConantScience & Math Center at Bridgewater State University.We were then interested in finding the area with thehighest concentration of Dunkin Donuts. By putting abuffer zone with a half mile radius on each individualDunkin Donuts we can see where the buffer zonesoverlap. We can then find the area where the mostbuffer zones overlap. This location would be the areawith the most Dunkin Donuts within a half mile distance.We were also interested in finding the closest tenDunkin Donuts by walking or driving distance to theConant Science & Math Center. By utilizing QR codesor Quick Response codes we are able give fast and

accurate directions to anyone in possession of asmartphone.

In the beginning when trying to decide on a topic

we realized that we all enjoy a nice cup of coffee. Afterlooking around the local area we realized that Dunkin

Donuts was the most popular coffee shop. Using

Google Maps and Google Earth as references we were

able to find all the locations of Dunkin Donuts in a 7 mile

radius from the Conant Science and Math Center

located at 24 Park Ave, Bridgewater MA, 02325. Using

Google Maps we were able to get turn-by-turn drivingdirections for the 10 closest Dunkin Donuts to campus.

With the use of Quick Response codes (QR codes) we

were able to generate an image made of black and

white pixels. This image can be scanned with a free

app available for download on any smartphone device.

Once you scan the image it automatically gives you

turn-by -turn directions through Google Maps to the

Dunkin Donuts location which the code was created for.

The final map shows the highest concentration of

Dunkin Donuts within the seven mile radius. To find this,

we created a half mile buffer for each Dunkin andlooked for areas with multiple overlapping buffers.

Conclusion#1. 407 Feet

19 Park Ave, Bridgewater, MA 02324

#2. 0.2 Miles

171 Broad St, Bridgewater, MA02324

#3. 0.3 Miles

33 Main St, Bridgewater, MA 02324

#4. 0.7 Miles

135 Burrill Ave, Bridgewater, MA02324

#5. 2.3 Miles

750 Bedford St, Bridgewater, MA02324

#6 2.5 Miles

955 Pleasant St, Bridgewater, MA 02324

#7. 3 Miles

9 N Main St, West Bridgewater, MA 02379

#8. 3.6 Miles

650 Plymouth St, East Bridgewater, MA02333

#9. 3.9 Miles

204 N Bedford St, East Bridgewater, MA02333

#10. 4.2 Miles

506 W Center St, West Bridgewater, MA02379

We found the location of all the Dunkin Donuts

within a 7 mile radius of the Conant Mathematics and

Science Building using Google Earth. We put the

addresses into Google Maps to find driving distances

and directions to each location via 24 Park Avenue,

Bridgewater, MA 02325. We used the Google Map links

to create QR Codes for the 10 closest Dunkin Donuts

locations. The next step was to import Google Earth

placemarks of each Dunkin Donuts, into ArcMap. The

Massachusetts basemap came from ArcGIS Online,

and was provided by MassGIS. Half mile buffers were

created around each Dunkin Donuts location. For a

visual we put 1, 3, 5, and 7 mile buffers around the

Conant Building.

Buffers from Conant Science Building

This represents the area on the map thatIs within the green square.

QR CodesOur group performed spatial analysis on data collected using

Google Earth. We found 40 Dunkin Donuts within 7 miles of the Conant

Science building at Bridgewater State University. The group also found

that by using ArcGIS we could determine where the largest overlap of

these coffee shops were located. Our results concluded that the highest

concentration was in Brockton and that there are 4 shops that are within

reasonable walking distance of the BSU campus. The map making

process was time consuming, but rewarding.