School of Pharmacy, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wisconsin (Dr Slater); Institute for Health Research and Policy (Mr Leider and Dr Chriqui), and Division of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health (Dr Chriqui), Institute for Health Research and Policy and School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Correspondence: Sandy J. Slater, PhD, MS, School of Pharmacy, Concordia University, 12800 N. Lake Shore Dr, Mequon, WI 53097 ([email protected]).
Author Contributions: S.J.S., the primary author of this article, developed the GIS and GSV study protocols, designed the original data analysis, drafted the paper, and, in conjunction with J.F.C., developed the primary research question; J.L. conducted the statistical analyses and contributed to the interpretation of the analysis, results, and drafting of the paper; J.F.C. led the original data collection effort for the larger study and contributed to the interpretation of the analysis, results, and drafting of the paper; Dr Slater's time and effort on this project occurred when she was an associate professor in the Division of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, The University of Illinois at Chicago and Research Fellow at the Institute for Health Research and Policy, The University of Illinois at Chicago.
This study was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Physical Activity Policy Research Network+ Collaborating Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago (award no. U48-DP005010), National Cancer Institute (award no. R01CA158035).
The authors thank Cheryl Kelly for her input and guidance regarding the development of the Google Street View protocols and training materials, and Emily Thrun and Paul Needham for expertise and assistance with the GIS sampling and coding of the GSV images.
The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research or authorship of this article.
