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 | Mar 7, 2024 | Maps
Can you identify the cities in these maps without the familiar guidelines of transportation and water features? Each map is at 1:400,000 scale and shows only the relative density of households at the block group level – which makes it interesting because industrial...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 22, 2024 | Canada Data, Maps
With a rise in inflation, housing costs and childcare, some people may choose to live with family in multigenerational housing. There is also a correlation between immigration and multigenerational housing, especially in Canada. These patterns are very prevalent,...
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 Elyse Menger | Feb 1, 2024 | Maps, Quality of Life
If you are feeling the squeeze in your budget from rising childcare costs, you aren’t alone. This year, parents are reporting increases in childcare costs, which have been on the rise since 2020. According to a study done by Care.com, respondents spend 24% of their...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 18, 2024 | Demographics, Maps
When you think about ethnic ancestry as it relates to geography, you probably think about neighborhoods where large immigrant groups settled together, like New York’s Little Italy and San Francisco’s Chinatown. Immigrants settled this way very intentionally, as they...
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