by Elyse Menger | Jan 6, 2022 | Why AGS
When you think about AGS, you probably think about our data. Our data, trusted by thousands of companies, made us a household name in the data science world. We have more data than anyone else (more than 35,000 variables and counting), and we pride ourselves on being...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 6, 2022 | Product Sneak Peek
The AGS team always feels a renewed energy at the start of the new year, and we are full steam ahead on our plans for 2022. There are lots of exciting things happening at AGS this year, some that we aren’t quite willing to share all the details of just yet. Here is a...
by Elyse Menger | Dec 23, 2021 | Monthly Round-Ups
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. For the end of the year, we decided to each pick our favorite posts...
by Elyse Menger | Dec 16, 2021 | Unemployment Data
During the hectic early weeks of the pandemic lockdowns last year, the weekly unemployment numbers were truly shocking even to those among us who sadly saw it coming once the pandemic started. In the week ending March 7, just under 200,000 workers across the United...
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 Gary Menger | Nov 18, 2021 | Snapshot API
One of the great benefits of web enabled applications is the ability to quickly add substantial functionality simply by using external specialized APIs that minimize development and maintenance time. The Snapshot API is an easy way to add demographic reports to your...
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 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...
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