Map of Chicago Farmers Markets

Summer’s almost here and I’m looking forward to abandoning cardboard fruits and vegetables and emptying my wallet on some produce fresh from the farm!

I saw a listing of Farmers Markets in the Chicago Tribune a few days ago and was frustrated that I couldn’t easily figure out which markets were close enough to visit and which were too far away. Since we’ve been doing a lot of GIS work lately, this was the perfect excuse to finally play with the Google Maps API (and a terribly inefficient way for me to figure out where the nearest farmers markets were).

It seems like a shame not to share it: Here’s the Map of Chicago Farmers Markets (2006).

Map of Chicago Farmers Markets
Map of Chicago Farmers Markets (Click to view full interactive map)

(Disclaimer: Please keep in mind this was an exercise. Data is not guaranteed to be accurate, and the code…well, it’s a hack job. I’ve already spent too much time on this little productivity eddy.)

Still…it might be cool to have pictures of all of these markets. I’m gonna try to hit as many as I can this summer (family schedules permitting), but if anyone visits and takes pictures, send them to me and I’ll figure out how to post them.

posted May 05, 2006 by ben

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