Personal Reflections on the Geo-Spatial World
I started my undergraduate degree in geography in the late 1970’s, but lest you think I roamed free with the dinosaurs, I admit to being slightly underage for a college freshman and most species were likely already extinct. It was an exciting time in geography as the...
July Round-up
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. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from July 2021. CARTO The use...
Snapshot: A Guide
Looking for a simple way to feed your applications with small area geographic data? AGS’ API, Snapshot, makes it easy to get just the data you need at a cost that you can afford. Snapshot is the perfect back end for applications that need accurate and comprehensive...
San Diego
San Diego is often ranked as one of the most beautiful places in the United States to live. As the 17th largest metro area, San Diego has seen average growth in the last 20 years, but saw a large growth from 1970-2000. With a population over 3.3 million people, and an...
Buffalo
Buffalo, New York is a classic geographic study in locational advantage. After the British burned the city during the War of 1812, and with the opening of the Erie Canal in the 1820’s, the Lake Erie port town of Buffalo grew rapidly so that by 1860, Buffalo was ranked...
Hugging the Southern Border
Fun fact -- Windsor, Ontario, just across the river from Detroit, is at the same latitude as Sacramento, California. The vast majority of the Canadian population lives within a couple of hundred miles of the American border. At first glance, this seems like a mild...
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