Diversity and the American City

In recent years, diversity has become one of our cultural buzzwords. Yes, the United States is more ethnically diverse, but does this translate to more diverse neighborhoods in our major cities? To find out, we used both our diversity measure and a categorical measure...

The Evolving Snapshot Engine

Snapshot is the production engine that AGS uses to deliver data to clients, undertake custom analytics, and power our report API. While the name might be relatively new, it is actually a fourth-generation platform. Nearly four decades ago, I was the sole dissenting...

Repurposing Retail Space

This past weekend, we went to see our first movie at a theater in quite some time. Perhaps Saturday at 5:00 p.m. is not peak time, and perhaps there really aren’t too many quality movies out there right now, but the place was deserted. I counted five people in the...

A Freeway Reunion

As of January 1, 2025, Applied Spatial Technology (AST) will formally become a division of Applied Geographic Solutions after many years of operations as a sister company. The AST division of AGS will continue to enhance the Freeway drive time system, which will be...

Paying for Population

Late last week, an innovative scheme to attract new residents hit the wires. The city of Cumberland, Maryland, is offering a $10,000 payment if you will just move to their fine city and either buy or build a house there, and up to a further $10,000 in matching grants...