Primary School Proximity Mapping

An address-based map showing nearby primary schools and their distances from a selected location.

PythonSQLOneMap APIHexSchool AccessHomebuyer Decision SupportGeospatial AnalysisOneMap

In brief: Built a map workflow for comparing school proximity around a user-selected address.

Conceptual address and school proximity diagram; not an official admissions-distance map
Conceptual address and school proximity diagram; not an official admissions-distance map
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Task

Comparing school proximity across residential addresses usually means checking each address separately. I built an address-based map to bring those comparisons into one workflow.

Method

  • The OneMap API geocoded the selected address.
  • SQL geography functions calculated distances to nearby primary schools.
  • A radius filter limited the results to the search area.
  • Python prepared coordinates and marker styles for the map.

Output

The map highlighted the selected address and nearby schools, with school names and distances. Marker colours distinguished closer schools from those further away.

This project maps proximity; it does not estimate an effect on residential demand. Its purpose is to make location comparisons easier to inspect.

The map is exploratory and does not determine MOE school-admission eligibility or official home-school distance qualification.

Original project output

The cover above illustrates the method. This screenshot preserves an output from the original project.

Original address-based primary school proximity map
Original address-based primary school proximity map
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