Canada Release 2024

We are excited to announce that the release of new Canada data in collaboration with Exceed Analysis is coming soon. All of the Canadian databases have received an update, including CrimeRisk Canada. Keep reading for more details about the databases and to see sample...

May 2024 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 May 2024. Gbbis The team at...

Presidential Birthplace Bias?

So far, there have been 46 presidents of the United States of America, from George Washington to Joseph Biden. In theory, they should hail from all over the country; however, when you think about where they were born, it is likely that you think about the East Coast....

Pittsburgh

The original link between the East Coast and the Midwest, Pittsburgh is the second largest city in Pennsylvania. The “Steel City” was known for manufacturing, and suffered some during the deindustrialization era, but has managed to pivot it’s focus and remain relevant...

Spatial Autocorrelation

In recent years, data science and analytics have emerged from the backroom to become mission critical for many companies. Linear regression and its many variants are foundational to that effort and its core assumptions are commonly known and understood. The basic...

Evaluating Retail Chain Risk Profiles

We recently asked our friends at ChainXY (www.chainxy.com) for the location data on selected retail chains in Texas in order to undertake some comparative analysis of the site signatures and risk profiles of each. The locational strategies of each retail chain have...