by Gary Menger | Nov 11, 2021 | Snapshot API
In the first article in this series, we looked at edge effects – specifically, differences in trade area statistics based on the methodology of retrieval. Here we look at the effect of minor positional (where is the site?) and size (how big is the trade area?) on...
by Gary Menger | Nov 4, 2021 | Menger's Musings
The convention in cartography is that unless otherwise specified, up on the map is always north. It wasn’t always this way. Different cultures used different, and often highly inconsistent, conventions which had cultural or religious meaning. What sealed the “north is...
by Gary Menger | Oct 7, 2021 | Census, Featured
A tremendous effort in the analytics world is devoted to the task of data preparation and cleansing. Data exchanges refer to ‘curated’ data, which suggests that the suppliers of that data have gone to the trouble of estimating missing fields, reigning in outliers, and...
by Gary Menger | Sep 16, 2021 | Census
Over the past year or so, we have been giving a heads up that the 2020 census data was to be affected by new and more stringent non-disclosure rules intended to protect the identify of census respondents. We recognize that such protection is important while muttering...
by Gary Menger | Sep 9, 2021 | Maps
What is a place known for? Think Detroit and you likely think cars. Washington, D.C.? Government. Los Angeles, movies and television, nicely incorporated in a single term – Hollywood. Orlando? Disney World. Our comparison of Nashville and Memphis started with jazz,...
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