by Elyse Menger | Jan 28, 2021 | Partner Posts
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. Many of these come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from January 2021. CARTO Over on the Carto blog, they...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 21, 2021 | Product Sneak Peek, Snapshot API
The latest release of the Snapshot API adds a critical feature that creates PDF reports for any study area-radius, drive times, polygons, census and postal geography- with as much or as little formatting as you like, including our BYOM feature. This customizable...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over the last 50 years, the landscape of American life has dramatically changed in many ways. Since 1970, the United States population has grown 1.27% on average per year. Using historical Census data, we looked at the concentration of that growth on our country....
by Elyse Menger | Jan 14, 2021 | Database Overview
Understanding both consumer demand and the existing retail landscape are vital to successful retail network planning. The AGS Consumer Expenditures database helps retailers estimate demand for any given product in any given area. The Consumer Expenditure database...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
This week as we look at the Consumer Expenditures database, it is helpful to look at a specific example. We looked at elderly care expenditures by household nationwide to show how this database functions. The number of households reporting these expenditures is fairly...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 7, 2021 | Meet the AGS Team, Menger's Musings
I don’t think it’s any big secret that I (Elyse Menger Robinson, Director of Marketing) am Gary Menger’s youngest child. After many years in non-profit fundraising, I took an offer to come work for the family business at the end of 2019 and haven’t looked back. As AGS...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 7, 2021 | Data Releases
After many years of working directly with Infogroup, now Data-Axle, Applied Geographic Solutions is making a change to our core source data for our Business Counts database. Effective January 1, 2021, we will be switching over to the Business dmPlus™ database, offered...
by Gary Menger | Dec 31, 2020 | Menger's Musings, Product Sneak Peek
2020 Reflections Throughout history, the regular appearance of pandemics has had a profound effect on the cultures and nations in their paths. While certainly not yet on the level of those plagues that toppled empires, the COVID-19 epidemic will likely be remembered...
by Elyse Menger | Dec 17, 2020 | Census
As data lovers, 2020 was slated to be an exciting year with the 2020 Census. Of course, like everything else this year, the Census was disrupted by COVID-19. While the count started on January 21st in remote Alaska, it took many more months to complete the count than...
by Elyse Menger | Dec 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dreaming of a White Christmas? Us too, but it won’t be happening for the staff of AGS. Everyone is located in the southern half of the United States, either in sunny Southern California, or in hot and humid Texas. As we think about those braving the major winter storm...
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