Clik here to view.
Love For Thematic Mapping
It looks like we’re not the only ones who love thematic mapping: Maponics’ Tuesday Term of the Week caught my eye this week. Glad to know we’re in good company! The Tuesday blog posts from our vendor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mapchats – GIS in the Classroom
With the advent of new and better technologies, GIS is becoming much more accessible. Mapchats will hear from professors in various fields about how they are adapting to the fast-changing world of GIS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mapchats – Using PolicyMap in the Classroom
As a follow-up to requests during our Mapchat on using GIS in the classroom, we’re offering a session on using PolicyMap in the classroom. Mapchats will hear from Dr. Ira Goldstein about how he...
View ArticleEasy Mapping for Public Health Insights
In case you missed the Insights into Public Health webinar, we have posted the session below with some great details regarding the datasets! We hope you found it valuable but please don’t hesitate to...
View ArticlePolicyMap #Datapoetry: Features in haiku
For this entry of our series for the National Poetry Month, what better way to try and describe the many (complex) features of PolicyMap than through haiku! When searching for things. The location bar...
View ArticleCongratulations and Good Luck, Katie Nelson!
I cannot believe this is Katie’s last full week with us. I cannot believe we won’t see her smiling, intelligent face every day here at PolicyMap. I cannot believe I actually offered to write this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update on how printouts work
You might have noticed that prints work a bit different now. It’s not a big change yet, but it’s a first step before a much bigger update to come. But here’s how printing has changed for now: You no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Map Printing Upgraded on PolicyMap
We’ve just released a major upgrade to the print/export image feature on PolicyMap, which improves the quality of the image file, and gives you more control over the contents of the map. Let’s get...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What are Zip Code Tabulation Areas?
Short version: ZCTAs are the Census’ version of Zip Codes, but they’re not always the same. If you’re making a Community Profile or Rental Housing report, you should usually use ZCTAs rather than Zip...
View ArticlePolicyMap’s 2014 Data Year in Review
Here at PolicyMap, the Data Team has had another very successful year. We’ve been working on a lot of new data and we’ve been focused on how to make PolicyMap more easy-to-use than ever. Here are some...
View Article
