Geospatial Deep Diving with Census Blocks
For many years, the standard detail geography which AGS has provided to users has been the census block group. Only those who read through our methodology statements knew that you could order your In-n-Out double-double ‘animal style’, since it certainly wasn’t posted...
Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall
In the traditional realm of parametric statistics, we were taught that the correct approach to building a statistical model of any sort was to follow the scientific method. You know, formulate a set of hypotheses about what independent factors might contribute to the...
AGS Demographics Now Available on REBLIE
If you are a broker/agent that has been frustrated by your mapping software, then there is a new solution on the market that might be for you. Designed by commercial real estate professionals for commercial real estate professionals, REBLIE makes map generation...
Exploring the Business Landscape
The ‘business demographics’ of an area are important to location analysts because they can be used to enhance sales estimates and because they can be used to assess the competitive landscape. Twenty years ago, the demographics of businesses were well behind...
The Perils of Projections
One of the great economists of the last century, John Kenneth Galbraith, once quipped that “the only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” The same can be said for pretty much anything that we foolishly insist on forecasting –...
April 2023 Round-up
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 April 2023. Sites USA While you...
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