Today, the Trust for Public Lands has launched a rigorous ranking of the top city park systems among the 40 largest U.S. cities. The park rating system uses GIS to create digital maps that evaluate accessibility beyond simply a measurement of distance, as well as park size, services and investment. For these measurements, the ranking takes into account the locations of park entrances (and whether they are obstructed by barriers such as highways), the size of parks as well as the percentage of the total city area dedicated to parks, and investments such as the number of playgrounds per 10,000 residents.
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