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  • Mapitude offers 2021 US ZIP Code business count data

    Image: Mapitude
    Image: Mapitude

    The Maptitude 2021 ZIP Code Business Count data are available now. The update includes the total number of businesses by type (by six-digit North American Industry Classification System or NAIC” codes, formerly known as SIC codes).

    For each business type (for instance, full-service restaurants), users can map the number that fall into each employment size category (for instance, full-service restaurants with 1-4 employees, full-service restaurants with 1000+ employees, etc.).

    These data are useful for businesses and market research analysts because they allow analysis of market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets. Government agencies use the data for administration and planning.

    The ZIP Code Business Count data are free for Maptitude 2021 users, and is also available as shapefile, KML, KMZ or GeoJSON for a fee.

  • Maptitude for Redistricting ready for 2020 cycle

    Screenshot: Mapitude
    Screenshot: Mapitude

    Maptitude for Redistricting is designed specifically for anyone involved in or preparing for the 2020 redistricting cycle, from novice to professional users.

    Maptitude for Redistricting 2019 has new partisan competitiveness reports, adds access to imagery layers, and allows users to save and share their plans in a variety of formats.

    New features include:

    • Speed improvements provide faster access to maps and geographic analysis.
    • Expanded file support for Excel worksheets, Google Earth Documents (KML/KMZ) attribute data fields, and MapPoint files.
    • New partisan competitiveness reports and measures of compactness for analyzing redistricting plans,
    • Integrated satellite imagery from a variety of sources for giving a better view of district composition.
    • The latest Census geography and data, including current ACS data.

    Maptitude for Redistricting is a professional tool for political redistricting. It provides measures and reports that support the creation of fair and balanced districts.

    Maptitude is constantly enhanced and provides tools such as the Efficiency Gap Measure for exploring redistricting problems.

    Maptitude was used to democratize redistricting in California and is used by the majority of redistricters, from independent commissions, non-profits, and civil rights groups, to the courts and political parties.

  • Correcting the census: Household sizes in Maptitude 2019

    Correcting the census: Household sizes in Maptitude 2019

    Household size distributions are critical inputs to many business analyses, but may not be correctly derived from U.S. Census data, according to Caliper.

    The Census counts people at their geographic locations, and when several unrelated people live at the same address, they are reported as one household with a number of residents.

    A confusing array of data is reported. In both the Census SF1 2010 file and in 2017 ACS, the following tabulations are provided down to the Census tract level:

    • People in Family Households
    • 2 person Family Households
    • 3 person Family Households
    • 4 person Family Households
    • 5 person Family Households
    • 6 person Family Households
    • 7+ person Family Households
    • Non-relatives in Family Households
      • Unmarried Partners (including same-sex couples) in Family Households
    • People in Non-Family Households
      • Unmarried Partners (including same-sex couples) in Non-Family Households

    There is also extensive information on people residing in group quarters in the 2010 Census, which has the tabulations below:

    • People in Group Quarters: College
    • People in Group Quarters: Military
    • People in Group Quarters: Navy Ships
    • People in Group Quarters: Other
      • People in Group Quarters: Homeless
      • People in Group Quarters: Group Homes
      • People in Group Quarters: Residential Treatment
      • People in Group Quarters: Merchant Ships
      • People in Group Quarters: Workers’ Group Living Quarters
      • People in Group Quarters: Other Other
    • People in Group Quarters: Institutionalized

    Using this information, Maptitude 2019 includes a corrected data set of household size distributions for Census Tracts and Block Groups to account for the under-representation of one-person households in the Census data.

    Census tracts with Caliper derived households. (Image: Caliper)
    Census tracts with Caliper derived households. (Image: Caliper)
    Census tracts with Census household count. (Image: Caliper)
    Census tracts with Census household count. (Image: Caliper)
  • Caliper supplies US traffic count data for Maptitude

    Caliper supplies US traffic count data for Maptitude

    Caliper has released a free average annual daily traffic (AADT) map layer for Maptitude 2018 users.

    The latest version includes fields with total AADT traffic count, semi-trailer truck count, single-unit truck and bus count, number of through lanes and road classification.

    AADT is the total volume of vehicle traffic on a highway or road for a year divided by 365 days. It is a useful and simple measurement of how busy a road is, and is useful for:

    • selecting a new site or facility location, evaluating a site, or designing a territory
    • determining funding for highway maintenance and improvement
    • forecasting road maintenance needs and expenditure
    • identifying the best location for your business based on traffic patterns
    • analyzing how traffic may impact store construction
    • analyzing the environmental hazards of sound and pollution related to road transport

    The downloaded layer can be added to any Maptitude 2018 map.

  • Free highway exits, interchanges data provided for Maptitude 2018

    Image: Caliper
    Image: Caliper

    GIS software company Caliper has released new highway exit data for the United States and Canada.

    Users of Maptitude 2018 with the Canada or United States country packages can download a free point layer containing all signed and numbered highway exits within their respective country.

    The highway exits layer allows users to find the nearest highway interchange to a particular location or determine proximity to a desired interchange. Applications include site location assessment, commercial real estate, franchise development and accessibility studies.

    The data can also be used in conjunction with the free U.S. traffic count data to determine traffic volumes around a chosen exit.

    The Highway Exits and Interchanges layer can be added to any Maptitude 2018 map.

    Image: Caliper
    Image: Caliper

  • Caliper Offers Congressional Districts, Census Data for Use with Maptitude

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    GIS software company Caliper is offering 114th Congressional Districts data for the United States for its Mapitude software. The data package is aimed at corporate legislative affairs departments, lobbyists, political consultants, political parties, and anyone else involved in political affairs.

    The 114th Congressional Districts data contains a nationwide area database with boundaries of the 114th (January 2015-January 2017) Congressional Districts. It also includes demographic data from the 2010 Census and from the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS) five-year estimates.

    Country Packages

    Also available are eight new 2015 Country Packages for Maptitude. The 2015 Country Packages include fourth-quarter 2014 map content. Updated map layers, such as refreshed streets and landmarks are provided for each country. In addition, postal boundaries, postcode points, and demographics are included where available. For detailed information on each Package, including those for countries not mentioned here, visit the Maptitude Included Data page.