Avencia Releases Walkshed NY for NYC BigApps Contest

New York, NY (1888PressRelease) - Avencia Releases Walkshed NY for NYC BigApps Contest: Web-based Tool Enables Citizens to Generate Walkability Maps of NYC Based on Individual Preferences

Avencia, a Philadelphia-based geographic analysis and software development firm today released Walkshed New York (NY) - a web application that uses advanced technology to calculate and map walkability based on user preferences.

Avencia, an award-winning, Philadelphia-based geographic analysis and software development firm announces the release of Walkshed New York (NY) – a web application that uses advanced technology to calculate and map walkability based on user preferences. Avencia created Walkshed NY as a submission for the NYC BigApps Contest.

A City of New York initiative, the contest solicited software application entries that utilize the city’s recently released NYC Data Mine - a repository of location-based data sets from over two dozen city agencies. Winners will be determined by votes from a panel of judges as well as public votes (public voting takes place December 15 – January 7).