GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham
Yes indeed, well, according to this list anyway… it seems that map makers, cartographers and the like are in big demand as they have made a list of fastest growing careers of 2016.
This comes from the article…
Oh, mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map—the need for people who gather and interpret geographic information to make maps will bloom by 30 percent by 2024. [Read more…] about Mappers Make the List of Top Growing Careers of 2016!
A little GeoGeeky Valentine’s Day fun for you Geo Lovebirds! A fun crossword with a Valentine theme courtesy of the US Census Bureau… enjoy!
See also more Valentine’s Day facts and figures – Wondering, what’s the most romantic place, Loveland Colorado or Loveland Ohio??
Now available from the US Census Bureau, a very useful tool for business and others looking for population and migration trends by county. The County-to-County Migration Flows Tables , which use data collected by the American Community Survey between 2007 and 2011, show how many U.S. residents move from one specific county to another during the course of a year.
The Census Bureau has updated its online mapping tool, the Census Flows Mapper , with the 2007-2011 American Community Survey statistics, permitting users to visualize these figures. One may select any county in the nation and view which counties had outbound flows from that county, inbound flows to that county, and a net gain or net loss in the exchange. One may also filter the map by educational attainment and income levels.
[Read more…] about Census Flows Mapper Shows Net In / Out Migration by County
How big is government? Well, this survey of local agencies in the US may clarify that for you. The US Census Bureau has just released the data and findings from the 2012 Census of US Governments. The Individual State Descriptions provide the foundation of how government entities are identified and classified for the U.S. Census Bureau statistics on governments. Conducted every five years, the census of governments provides the only uniform source of statistics for all of the nation’s state and local governments.
[Read more…] about The 2012 Census of more than 89,000 US Local Governments
An update from the Census Bureau on the availability of the 2013 TIGER/Line files as all legal boundaries and names as of January 1, 2013 were released on August 22, 2013. About the data… The 2013 TIGER/Line Shapefiles contain 2010 Census geography and current geography for the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas . Current geography is defined as the latest version of the geographic extent of legally defined geographic areas as reported, generally reflecting the boundaries of govern mental units in effect as of January 1, 201 3 , or legal and statistical area boundaries that have been adjusted and/or corrected since the 2010 Census. This vintage enables users to see the most current boundaries of governmental units that match the data from the surveys that use 201 3 geography, such as the 201 3 Population Estimates and the American Community Survey. – See more in this announcement and see also the FTP site on the Bureau website HERE
Something new from the US Census Bureau, a handy map resource to help identify regions in the country where specific language clusters exist. According to this new resource based on the 207-2011 Community Survey Data, Spanish, Chinese Top Non-English Languages Spoken; Most of Population is English Proficient. For each language, the mapper shows the concentration of those who report that they speak English less than “very well,” a measure of English proficiency. A report has been published along with the WMS.
The interactive map shows where certain languages are spoken in America. The languages available in the interactive map include Spanish, French, French Creole, Italian, Portuguese, German, Russian, Polish, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog and Arabic. After selecting one of these languages from the menu, users will see a national population density map, with each dot representing about 100 people who speak the language at home placed where these speakers are concentrated. See 2011 Language Mapper HERE or see more details about the project HERE
I’m a HUGE fan of data visualizations and I’m always glad to see when awesome companies are working hard to create beautiful, meaningful data visualisations to generate a buzz or tell a story – case in point, just check out what Jon and the gang at IDV have been doing in order to show off the skills and technology that the IDV team have (check out their latest map showing commuting patterns of people in Seattle – it’s amazing! It actually blows my mind that the traditional GIS industry is full of data hounds, developers, hackers, cartographers, and others, most of them having advanced map mapping skills, cartographic expertise, and awesome software at their disposal yet relatively few companies make any effort to create and share amazing data visualizations.
Another feel good story hit my email box today as I heard from International Mapping Associates (see @TaitMaps and @Intl_Mapping) as they described the official roll-out of a project they’ve been working on for the US Census Bureau – The Weekly Data Visualization Series. Each week, visitors are greeted with an impressive, new data visualization created by mashing up some of the data held by the Census Bureau… this is great stuff! See more details in this announcement or jump directly to http://www.census.gov/dataviz
Source: census.gov via Glenn on Pinterest
Here’s a challenge for you statistical gurus from the US Census Bureau. The challenge is to create a statistical model to predict the 2010 Census mail return rate of small area geographic units based on their demographic characteristics. The Census Bureau will use this model for planning purposes for the decennial census and for demographic sample surveys. The model-based estimates of predicted mail return will be publicly released in a later version of the Census Planning Database containing updated demographic data. See http://www.census.gov/research/challenge
Dates
Competition begins August 31, 2012 and ends November 1, 2012.
Prizes
Win prize money by creating the best statistical model to predict Census mail return rates at block group level geographies.
1st prize: $14,000 / Visualization 1st place: $1,000
2nd prize: $7,500
3rd prize: $2,500
Rules and Information
Contest details, rules, and eligibility guidelines are available at https://www.kaggle.com/c/us-census-challenge.
Source: census.gov via Glenn on Pinterest
The findings are in and people seem to want to live and work in the city center. With the official release of the 2010 US Census data there’s some interesting facts and figures floating around. For example, more than 10% of the US population resides within the New York and LA city limits! From the latest findings, Chicago experienced the largest numeric gain in its downtown area, with a net increase of 48,000 residents over 10 years. New York, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Washington also posted large population increases close to city hall.
[Read more…] about The Urbanization of America – People Flocking to Cities to work and live
A fabulous graphic has been made available from Atlas Van Lines. What better resource to get migration patterns and data than the moving company? And so, enter this graphic from Atlas showing in/out migration from various regions. The map shows data by State and Province showing numbers of families leaving and entering the region. Map is colored showing place as a net gain or loss based on totals (>55% being a gain or loss) – data sourced from Atlas http://www.atlasvanlines.com
The report from Atlas provides a high res PDF map along with tabular data summaries, by State/Prov) for the past decade. The data shows Interstate and Cross-Border 2011 Migration Patterns and traffic flow by state/province. According to the report, data are based on 80,289 Interstate Household Goods Moves from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
A sample of tabular data provide shows numbers from Colorado:
COLORADO
Year Inbound Outbound
2011 2,403 2,082
2010 2,285 2,142
2009 2,271 1,908
2008 2,552 2,063
2007 2,697 2,049
2006 2,961 2,210
2005 2,953 2,120
2004 2,753 1,940
2003 2,483 2,167
2002 2,565 2,002
See the PDF with map and data HERE (PDF warning)
Interstate and Cross-Border 2011 Migration Patterns
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