March 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 March 2021. OpenStreetMap...

Assets, Debts and Net Worth Database Overview

This database provides a unique glimpse into household finances – the type and amounts of household assets, the types and amounts of household debts, and the distribution of net worth by neighborhood. The data are derived from a statistical and geographic analysis of...

New Yorkers and Second Homes

There has been lots of talk in the last few months that New Yorkers are moving out of the city in mass numbers. No longer bound to their office jobs, work from home has allowed them to work from anywhere. But have they really moved, or are they living in their second...

February 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. Many of these come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from February 2021. CARTO Dates for the Spatial Data...

Drive Time Study Areas

One of the major innovations in trade area reporting came in the mid-1990’s with the introduction of the Freeway drive time engine which was actually the first product that AGS created. By using a grid representation of the road network, Freeway was able to produce...