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PolicyMap is at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC (6/25-6/28)
The American Library Association was created to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. We’ll be at … Continue reading
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Tagged American Library Association, Conference, Washington Convention Center
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Top 10: Getting to Work, Part 3
The Census reports various modes of transportation for commuting to work. Of course there’s driving. And public transportation. And biking and walking. Even working from home. And then, there is the “other” category. According to the data, “‘Other’ means of … Continue reading
Posted in Top 10 Series
Tagged Claritas, Commuter Data, Mass Transit, Mode of Transportaion, Transportation
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A Closer Look: Small Business and Small Farm Lending
Small businesses lending is a marker of vitality, innovation and economic well being of a place. New businesses, often emerging in the form of small businesses, contribute to job creation as well as growth of other support industries to an … Continue reading
Top 10: Getting to Work, Part 2
You may recall, we recently looked at the top 10 counties in terms of population density. Now, compare that list to the top 10 counties in percentage of workers who use public transit to get to work: County/Population Density Click … Continue reading
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Tagged Claritas, Communte Time, Popluation Density, Public Transit Rail
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Top 10: Census tracts with a Male to Female ratios (revisited)
Last time, we looked at the male to female ratio in PolicyMap, which is defined as the number of men per 100 women (so a 105% ratio, the world average, means there are 105 men for every 100 women). This … Continue reading
Apple, Google and the map wars
About a year ago, openplaces.com founder Fred Lalonde tweeted about Apple secretly acquiring the company that made Pushpin, a mapping API his company was using: That company was Placebase, as described by its CEO Jaron Waldman in this video two … Continue reading
Posted in News/Press Releases, Online Buzz
Tagged API, Apple, Google, Mapping Technology, Placebase
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