At the end of each month, the AGS team takes a look back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from July 2021.

CARTO

The use of human mobility & mobile phone data has exploded in recent times – how do we ensure spatial models are fair, inclusive, & respect privacy?

The CARTO team discusses this hot topic on their blog this month.

Making Human Mobility Models Fair, Inclusive, & Private | CARTO Blog

eSite Analytics

We had a blast reading about how analytics fueled eSite employee Thomas Cannon to visit every state in the shortest time possible.

Read about Thomas’s journey here:

50 States in 5 Days, 16 Hours: eSite’s Thomas Cannon Breaks World Record Fueled by Analytics – eSite Analytics

Core Logic

The Core Logic podcast examines the real reason behind why where your house is located matters. Find it over on their blog:

Where is a House, Really? | CoreLogic®

Placer.ai

Placer.ai has released a new COVID recovery dashboard. The COVID Recovery Dashboard is a free tool that empowers business and government leaders with data to measure impacts of COVID in every city, county, and state. Read more about the dashboard on their blog.

Announcing Placer.ai’s COVID RECOVERY DASHBOARD – Placer.ai

Directions Magazine

The need for precision-level geographic information crosses many departments when there is opportunity to build, invest, expand and divest. There is a need for consistent accuracy across the enterprise, whether it is for engineering applications, special tax district assignment, asset management or risk mitigation.

How Companies Can Gain Enterprise-Wide Geographic Consistency (directionsmag.com)