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Religion and the Republican Primary

In this year’s Republican Primary, some analysts, like Nate Silver of the New York Times’s FiveThirtyEight blog, have been using states’ religious makeup to predict the winner of the state’s primaries. The thinking is, states with larger evangelical populations are … Continue reading

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Colleges and universities in Pennsylvania have access to a PolicyMap library license right now!

A recent grant from the Department of Community & Economic Development of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania gave access to PolicyMap for all state funded colleges and universities throughout Pennsylvania. Universities like Penn State, Temple, Lincoln, West Chester and many more … Continue reading

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An important population increase of 1

It’s always great when our work blends a bit into our lives. In this case, we wanted to let the US Census know that there needs to be an important population increase of one in the number of people 0-4 … Continue reading

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Oil!

“Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that’s a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake… I… … Continue reading

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PolicyMap’s Primer Updated

At PolicyMap, we know that our users’ needs are dynamic and always changing. We update our data as soon as the data sources are released, which could mean monthly, quarterly, or annual updates. We appreciate the feedback from our users … Continue reading

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Creative Assets Mapping: Engaging our Stakeholders to Make a Tool People Need

PolicyMap is partnering with the Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) at the University of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy to build a data and mapping tool for the City … Continue reading

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Nominate PolicyMap for Crunchies 2011

Please help us nominate PolicyMap to become a Crunchies 2011 finalist under the Biggest Social Impact category. You can nominate PolicyMap at : http://is.gd/6w80va Please nominate PolicyMap everyday and ask all your social networks to do the same. Nominations close … Continue reading

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Creative Assets Map

The Reinvestment Fund documents the effects of creative activity and cultural engagement in Philadelphia. The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), in collaboration with the Social Impact of the Arts Project at the University of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of … Continue reading

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Autumn Colors on PolicyMap

We here at PolicyMap are optimists by nature. We always accentuate the positive, and try to disregard the negative. That outlook served us well until it came time to look at our some of our maps, which, as it happens, … Continue reading

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How to Customize a PolicyMap Widget

Update: (01/12/11) Set Location bar is now dynamic depending on the width of the embed map or widget (02/03/11) Rankings in a widget now has the option to print (10/14/11) Alternative widget layout What is a widget? Widgets are customizable … Continue reading

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