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Seattle Ignite 19: The United States of Starbucks
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James Davenport
February 20, 2013
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Seattle Ignite 19: The United States of Starbucks
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James Davenport
February 20, 2013
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Transcript
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Mapping the United States of
Starbucks James Davenport 1
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Open Cluster M67 Sloan Digital
Sky Survey 2
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com 3 If political boundaries were drawn
with constellations…
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com 4 How to get a PhD
Coffee: Always within a 2 minute walk 2 min 1
min 5
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com the 12,000 lb gorilla 1971 6
image from brandautopsy.com
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com 79 Starbucks in Downtown Seattle
Source: LoXcel You are here 7
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com pay $180 for database of locations
collect location data from internet! 8
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com United States of Starbucks Apologies
to Alaska & Hawaii 9
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Delaunay Triangulation 10 Apologies to Alaska
& Hawaii
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com United States of McDonalds 11 Stephen
Von Worley
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Voronoi Diagram 12
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Furthest Point from a Starbucks
13
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Grand Teton National Park, near Alta,
WY 14 Furthest Point from a Starbucks “Least caffeinated place in America!”
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Distance from nearest Starbucks Weekly rent
(£) London rent versus distance to Starbucks George Gregory :: rentonomy.com 15
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com How are we distributed around
Starbucks? 16
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Count # people within
each circle 17
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com 18
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com 80% of Americans live within
20 miles of a Starbucks 19
James Davenport -‐ ifweassume.com Starbucks: incredible coverage in
just 28 years of expansion! 20