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View Walter's Walk-a-meter

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Created by

Murdoch Mashers (Ploy Tangtulyangkul, Aaron Trenorden, Helen Bronleigh, Kate Freedman, Ian Lee, Kate Makowiecka)

data.australia.gov.au datasets used

ACT – Barbecue (BBQ) Locations

PLGR – Playgrounds (ACT)

Public Internet Locations (VIC)

TOLT – Public Toilets (ACT)

Location of ACT Schools

School Locations (VIC)

Other datasets used

CO2 emissions per average car

Carbon footprint data

Freddo data

Longitude/latitude calculations for locations (where not supplied by dataset)

Have you ever wondered how to get your 30 minutes of exercise in your area or wondered just what you could get to without driving?

Walter’s Walk-a-meter is a customizable interactive map that allows users to plot walking times and distances and calculates calories burnt (with Freddo Frog equivalents). It also displays the amount of CO2 produced if you were to drive different vehicle types to the selected location and if you chose not to drive what that amount of CO2 could be used for.

Information in this Mashup includes; BBQ’s, Playgrounds, Public Internet, Public Toilets and Schools.

Walter’s Walk-a meter is named in honour of Sir Walter Murdoch (1874-1970) after whom the Murdoch University is named. He was famous for his intelligence, wit and humanity and the fact that he was a keen walker. Living in the age before the internet Sir Walter might have been amused by the liberty taken here.

Read more about Sir Walter here.

The Walk-a-meter alludes to important and topical issues. Should we walk to the shops or drive our 4 wheel drive? Would our kid’s health benefit from a trip to the local playground by foot? How much CO2 do we put into the atmosphere by driving to have a BBQ at the local park? Can it be offset by walking? Ultimately the Walk-a-meter may raise more questions than it answers.