by Elyse Menger | Dec 16, 2021 | Menger's Musings
A few months ago, we got an interesting request. The folks at the North Pole were looking for data to keep Santa safe and improve his gift efficiency at Christmas. Personally, I have long admired Santa, both for his generosity, but also for his total disregard of...
by Elyse Menger | Dec 9, 2021 | CrimeRisk, Maps
I’m going to make a very embarrassing admission: I love watching police chases on TV. Maybe growing up in Los Angeles after the infamous Bronco chase taught me to enjoy watching these intense car chases on TV. When I lived in LA, they would break into local news or...
by Elyse Menger | Dec 2, 2021 | Canada Data, Census, Menger's Musings
The recent publication of the redistricting release of the 2020 census has resulted in some discussion about some of its more surprising results. The white population declined from 223.5 to 204.7 million between 2010 and 2020, by all accounts an unprecedented change....
by Elyse Menger | Nov 18, 2021 | Monthly Round-Ups
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 November 2021. GIS Planning The...
by Elyse Menger | Nov 11, 2021 | Economic Development
It’s unavoidable at this point: the holidays are here. Turn on the news these days, and you are hit with information about the supply chain crisis, and everyone from store owners to news anchors begging you to do your holiday shopping early. As you think about gift...
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