Site Signatures: An Introduction

One of the many tasks a young adult needs to master is the art of penning a consistent and recognizable signature. Upon opening a checking account, the bank will require a signature sample. Later, when a check is presented, the signature on the check will be compared...

Tsunami Risk Sneak Peek

On the 26th of December, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale resulted in a tsunami with recorded wave heights of 100 feet and resulted in at least one quarter of a million deaths. While an extreme event, the 1964 Alaskan earthquake...

Storm Surge Risk Index

For many years, AGS has published risk indexes for the four major damaging weather events – hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, and high winds. While hurricane damage is usually most extensive along the coast, hurricane damage vulnerability extends even as far inland as the...

Snapshot Goes PDF Reports

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...