Back to School

Last summer, we published an article all about private school vs. public school enrollment. More than ever, this has become a topical conversation over the last year. Many news articles are pointing to families favoring private school—or even homeschool—over public...

College Towns and Hotel Occupancy

As the fall approaches, college towns all across America are flooded with undergraduate students eager to move into their dorm rooms. Along with them come parents helping them move in, and alumni headed to town for home football games. Reliving the good old days, or...

Optimizing Online Ads with Data

  In the years since “big data” became a term, the scope of what data can do to enhance your business has changed and evolved. If you own a business, you likely are paying for some kind of online advertising. Google Ads, social media advertising, and any other...

July Round-up

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...

Snapshot: A Guide

Looking for a simple way to feed your applications with small area geographic data? AGS’ API, Snapshot, makes it easy to get just the data you need at a cost that you can afford. Snapshot is the perfect back end for applications that need accurate and comprehensive...