Photo by timothy muza on Unsplash This post explains the differences between the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Decennial Census and how those differences will impact your work. Background: Long Form and Short Form Remember back to the Census 2000 when some people were complaining about the Census form taking forever to fill out? […]
National Land Cover Data Set: when there’s no Local Land Use GIS data
Co-written by Aaron Herman Finding land use land cover data is a pain. Unless your project is within an MPO/COG that has historic and current land use shapefiles that are easy for your GIS guru to access, you can be up a creek without a paddle when it comes to finding good land use data. […]
Road Miles by State
Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash This blog post was updated on March 25, 2019. I find myself googling for this data once a month or so. I just can’t seem to remember where to find it on the Federal Highway Administration’s website. Below are states by total 2017 lane miles–which is the most recent […]