Did you know… (Island Printing)

Phil Vu — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:27:32 +0000

Welcome to our series on helpful tips for PolicyMap. With over 10,000 data indicators and many online features, we hope our series can help users better utilize PolicyMap. For a complete training, please join a free online session here: Click Here

Did you know you can print a map of just your target area shaded and have the surrounding area clear? We call this feature "island printing." To use island printing:

Search for your default location. Your searched location will be the area the map will shade by. (i.e. searching for Chicago will only shade the city of Chicago when you choose "island printing.")
Create a map as normal with a data layer and Add Sites.
When you are ready to print the map, choose "only shade selected region."

Map of only Chicago shaded

Subscribers can choose to have an island printed map of just their target area (or custom region) shaded. Just load your custom region from the Maps page or from My PolicyMap, load the data layer and Add Sites to display on the map, and print using the "only shade selected region" option.

Map of only custom region shaded

Read our Quick Start Guide to learn the basics of PolicyMap and jump right into using the power of data. If you wanted to know more about a feature or topic, send your request to info@policymap.com subject “Did you Know…”

Sincerely,
The PolicyMap Team

Updated Home Sale Data, Enhanced Printing, and more on PolicyMap

Phil Vu — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:22:16 +0000

PolicyMap is a CNET Webware Winner! | Late September 2009

In this update

Enhanced Printing
State Map Boundaries
1st Quarter 2009 Home Sale Data
Homeowner Affordability for 2009
ARRA Transportation Stimulus Investments
EPA Brownfields
Updated Jobs by Industry Concentration
Monthly Unemployment from BLS
DHS Green Card Recipients
Homelessness Data

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New Features

You asked – we listened.

Enhanced Printing Options: As a Registered User or Subscriber, you can now print a map of a single geography, rather than having to include surrounding areas in your printout. Set your map location in the search bar across the top, add a data layer, and select “Print”. You can choose between shading the entire map or only shading your selected geography!

State Map Boundaries: Now available in the Map Options at the bottom of the map is the ability to add state map boundaries to all of your maps.

Updated Housing Data

Home Sale Data: Home sale stats for the first quarter of 2009 are now available for subscribers. Check out how the number of home sales and median sales prices have changed in your target neighborhoods since the end of 2008. PolicyMap licenses this data from Boxwood Means, Inc. and displays it at the block group or census tract level.

Homeowner Affordability: Check out the number and percent of homes affordable to 4-person families in 2009, based on HUD’s designated Area Median Income. Users can access this data for free in the Owners & Renters tab in the Add Data Layer menu.

New Add Sites Data

Federal Transportation Stimulus Investment: PolicyMap now shows transportation projects made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for 11 of the 50 states: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Users can access this data for free in the Add Sites menu on the bottom left and selecting Federal Transportation Stimulus Investments.

US EPA Brownfield sites: We’ve added the EPA’s directory of brownfields. These are locations for which the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of the site may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

This data is available for free and can be found in the Add Sites menu on the bottom left and selecting Environment.

Updated Data

Census County Business Patterns: PolicyMap now has the latest 2007 Industry Concentrations data. You can explore industry concentration now by metro area as well at the county, zip code, and state-level.

All users can find this free job concentration data in the Jobs & Economy tab in the Add Data Layer menu.

Monthly Unemployment from BLS: Check out the latest June and preliminary July 2009 employment, unemployment, and labor force data for states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. This monthly and annual data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is available for free in PolicyMap. Visit our blog to see which cities have the highest unemployment rates.

Find this data for places you care about in the Jobs & Economy tab in the Add Data Layer menu.

Department of Homeland Security Green Card Recipients: We’ve added data for FY2008 for non-nationals receiving Legal Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the US.

Users can find this data for free in the Immigration section under the Demographics tab in the Add Data Layer menu.

New Data on PolicyMap

Homelessness Data from HUD: All users can now access 2006 through 2008 estimates of homeless population rates, counts of unsheltered vs. sheltered homeless populations, and 2008 bed inventories for homelessness services by state.

This data is available for free and can be found in the Demographics tab in the Add Data Layer menu.

As you can see, new datasets continue to come in from a wide variety of sources. What else do you need? Let us know. Send your responses to info@policymap.com.

The PolicyMap Team

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Did you know… (Island Printing)

Updated Home Sale Data, Enhanced Printing, and more on PolicyMap