Introducing the Evidence

When it comes to investigating for the Cultural Oasis, there are just a few key points of data we need to examine (at least for this first round of research). The main information needed is 1) location, the place where each point of study is found, and 2) interaction, the availability or actual use of each point as data is available. 

The first requirement can be satisfied thanks to existing work by the City of Albuquerque, online interactive maps detailing the locations of  libraries, public art, community centers, and even parks, makes location mapping easy. The second piece of information took a little more research to fulfill; a city employee obligingly provided library branch attendance records for the project, and community center data is still being sought.
The local parks and public art departments have no metrics whatsoever to determine use or access to public parks, so I'm forced to invent my own; I will use 2010 census block data to determine how many people live within walking distance of a park or piece of outdoor public art. Further, traffic data will help also by showing how many people drive past a piece of art on a daily or yearly basis.
I'm starting with a large format map of the City of Albuquerque, its printing size is 52 inches by 48 inches.

This will allow me to keep all the information on my hard drive but still zoom in for adequate detail.
I'm also referencing the Federal Census Bureau's 2010 Census data, in the form of the Census Block Map:

Finally, the Mid-Region Council of Governments here in New Mexico keeps yearly data on traffic flow in multiple cities, I will be referencing their 2010 Albuquerque study:

These, in addition to hard data from the government, will form the foundation for the Cultural Oasis, and allow us to see where the governments' cultural services are most and least concentrated.
If you have any suggestions for new sources of data or methods of evaluating please let us know!