Table 1 Key characteristics of two data visualisation tools for policy

From: Data visualisation to support obesity policy: case studies of data tools for planning and transport policy in the UK

 

Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT)

Food environment assessment tool (Feat)

Administrative

URL

www.pct.bike

www.feat-tool.org.uk

Public launch

May 2015 (prototype)

March 2017 (official launch)

July 2017

Region(s) covered

England, Wales

England

Funding source(s)

UK DfT

ESRC Impact Acceleration Account and University of Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Unit

Externally commissioned?

Yes, by UK DfT

No

Hosting institution

Mythic Beasts via Cambridge, Westminster and Leeds Universities

MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge

Update frequency

Approximately yearly

Quarterly

Historic data available

No

Yes

Technical

Key output data

Cycle network maps

Density and mix of food outlets

Software

R (packages: shiny, leaflet, stplanr)

ArcGIS, Leaflet

Basemap

Open Street Map

Open Street Map

Geographic display levels

Area (MSOA, LSOA), Desire line, route, street network

County, Local authority, MSOA, LSOA, ward, unit postcode

Input environmental data, source

OpenStreetMap; Origin–Destination data, routing from CycleStreets.net

Food outlets, Ordnance Survey Points of interest; geographic boundaries, UKBORDERS and Ordnance Survey Code-point with Polygons

Input behavioural data, source

UK Travel Survey, Dutch Travel Survey

N/A

Other data, source

Population, 2011 UK census

Population, 2011 UK census

User modifiable through open source code?

Yes, https://github.com/npct/pct-shiny

No

Other

Data access

Free data access of all levels in multiple formats

Free data access of all levels in map format only

User support contact

pct@pct.bike

feat-tool@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk