Ask AGS: Why Shouldn’t I use ZIP Codes for Crime Data?
We get asked often for quotes for CrimeRisk data on the ZIP code or county level, and we always advise against it. To be fair, our issues with using ZIP codes for demographic analysis go deeper than just using that level of geography for CrimeRisk, but with that...
Difficult Development Areas
As defined by the Bureau of Housing and Urban Development, Difficult Development Areas (DDA) are defined as areas with high land, construction and utility costs relative to the area median income. While HUD provides low-income housing tax credits to encourage...
BusinessCounts Canada and POI Data Now Available
We are excited to announce the release of a new databases for Canada, BusinessCounts and Point of Interest (POI) data. These new databases will nicely compliment the other Canadian data that we currently carry. For more information on these new databases, keep...
The Public Transit City
Toronto has long been hailed as a great example of a public transit system that works. For many years, the downtown core was where all the job action was – the banking and insurance towers, the countless government buildings known as Queen’s Park, the University of...
March 2025 Round-up
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks 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 March 2025. Livability Looking...
Data Privacy and 23andMe
This week, it was announced that 23andMe, the company that analyzed your DNA to find out ancestry and health information, is declaring bankruptcy. After a large data breach in 2023 and declining financials since, this isn’t a shocking revelation. What is shocking to...
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