by Elyse Menger | Apr 4, 2024 | Data Releases, Geography
The upcoming 2024A data release (May) for the United States will extend the range of available predefined geographic levels to include Uber H3 hexagons for detail levels 3 through 7 and includes updates to several standard geography levels. Any variable available in...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 7, 2024 | Geography, Maps, Menger's Musings
The growth of any urban area is highly dependent upon its geographic situation, and much has been written about the particular locational advantages that resulted in the complex urban systems of modern America. Why did Pittsburgh develop as a major steel manufacturing...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 22, 2024 | Geography, Maps
Over the last few months, we have been asked if we have data for H3 polygons. This ties in quite nicely to our discussion a few weeks ago about the MAUP, or modifiable areal unit problem. H3 is a system of spatial indexing developed by Uber Technologies a few years...
by Gary Menger | May 11, 2023 | Demographics, Geography
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...
by Gary Menger | Apr 20, 2023 | Geography, Maps
Between the county and block group levels – one too general, the other often too detailed. For many analytical tasks, an in-between layer is just what the doctor ordered. So, is there a goldilocks solution? There are four primary choices of standard geographies...
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