Accessibility and Distance Metrics set up

Virtual Environment

An Anaconda virtual environment is included in this repository to allow for consistent usage across platforms. Before running any of scripts referenced below, the environment should be installed and activated as follows:

From an Anaconda prompt, change directory to the root of this repository. conda env create -f environment.yml After install is complete: conda activate equity_tracker. You should see (equity_tracker) in the prompt. This indicates that the prompt is using all the libraries associated with the virtual environment.

Elmer Connections

Python connections to Elmer and ElmerGeo databases require an ODBC driver to connect with SQL. To set this up, download the ODBC Driver 17 here and follow the install instructions, selecting all defaults.

Scripts

• Average Weighted Distance
• Households Near HCT