What we do ... ProximityOne develops and uses tools and data to provide fact-based, independent, non-partisan decision-making information to stakeholders on a wide range topics/issues. We focus on accessing, modeling and analyzing geographic, demographic and economic data to better understand recent trends and project future demographic-economic characteristics. E-mail us or call (888-364-7656) with questions or for help or use the chat/message-us in the lower right on this page.
Topic 1 .. Geographic Information System (GIS) .. geographic-demographic-economic data .. Resource Access & Use
• Visual Data Analytics (VDA) Web GIS; perform selected operations reviewed below, nothing to install.
VDA Web GIS is developed and maintained by
Warren Glimpse/ProximityOne/Alexandria, VA USA and Takashi Hamilton/Tsukasa/Osaka, Japan.
Start VDA Web GIS using most any browser.
• CV XE GIS for Windows desktop. We use CV XE GIS to develop GIS project/filesets then port these for use with VDA Web GIS.
• Demographic-Economic Data Explorer .. to build your datasets. .. Create custom demographic-economic reports.
.. Create custom reports
.. A look ahead .. weekly schedule
• MetroDynamics Database updates.. A look ahead .. weekly schedule
.. Block Groups added
.. City/Places extended
.. City/Places extended
General Topics
Updates to the Metros interactive table http://proximityone.com/metros.htm
.. how and which metros are changing 2019 to 2021
Examining mobility for larger cities/counties based on ACS 2021
K-12 schools updates using VDA Web GIS
.. http://proximityone.com/vda.htm#k12schools1
Thursday
Illustrating app to compute point locations (shapefile 1) to other points (shapefile 2) or closest point on polygon/line shapefile 2
.. generating a list of a) shapefile 1 attribute (e.g. ZIP code), b) corresponding shapefile 2 attribute (e.g. shoreline) and 3) linear distance.
Looking for the next DEDE update in about a week.
.. updated features.
.. new August and updated building permits
.. hopefully updated http://proximityone.com/dede.htm web page
ACS 2021 1 year http://proximityone.com/acs2021.htm
New Demographic Estimates & Projections http://proximityone.com/demographics2060.htm
.. mid-October release date
.. U.S. by county population by 5-year age group, annual 2010 to 2060
.. reflecting climate change
Demographic-Economic Data Explorer Update
.. new installer .. accessing/using ACS 2021 1 year estimates .. areas 65,000 population & over
.. illustrative applications showing new features:
- creating custom datasets
- creating updated Situation & Outlook reports
- creating comparative analysis profiles
.. developments ahead
Metros & Zoom Session Updates
.. Metros section
ACS 2021 1 year estimates
.. ACS 2021
New Demographic Estimates & Projections
.. Overview
.. mid-October release date
.. U.S. by county population by 5-year age group, annual 2010 to 2060
.. reflecting climate change
Topic 2 .. Examining National Scope 118th Congressional Districts
.. what this is and why it is important
.. see Congressional Districts
Locating Your 118th Congressional District -- illustrative video
118th Congressional Districts in Chicago area (hatched pattern)
.. using VDA Web GIS to examine 118th CD geographic & demographic patterns
.. following graphic shows patterns of economic prosperity by block group.
.. we don't have to wait for CD 118 demographics; examine patterns now
.. Illinois CD 118 04 shown with white opaque pattern
-- partly in city of Chicago
.. click graphic for larger view
Topic 3 .. MetroDynamics GIS Project & Site Analysis
.. what this is and why it is important
.. see MetroDynamics
.. see about Metros/CBSAs
.. added K-12 schools; PUMA 2010 (new version) & PUMA 2020 .. previous week
illustrative applications; comparing/finding PUMAs .. more below
.. added all California census blocks & detailed roads
illustrative applications; site analysis at the block level
.. added all California 118th Congressional Districts
.. added all California Congressional Communities
.. added all US 116th Congressional Districts
Using VDA Web GIS MetroDynamics to examine economic prosperity by Congressional District
Using VDA Web GIS MetroDynamics & Block-based Site Analysis
Topic 4 .. 2020 Public Use Microdata Area Shapefiles Released
.. what this is and why it is important
.. see details about these files
.. recap .. there are two PUMA layers in the VDA MetroDynamics project
- PUMA20 10 -- Census 2010 PUMAs as released in TIGER2020
- PUMA20 20 -- Census 2020 PUMAs as released in TIGER2020
.. Census released the PUMA20 10 and PUMA20 20 as state by state shapefiles (no US summary)
and in the "TL" version (not smoothed; 3-mile limit).
.. State files were merged to U.S. (no outlying areas) then clipped using the U.S. 2020 States smoothed file.
Topic 5 .. Crime Data Analytics
.. what this is and why it is important
.. see crime data analytics