The US1.GIS GIS project is included with all versions of VDA Desktop GIS.

It is the default GIS project and used at VDA Desktop GIS start-up.

 

10.31.23. Install the latest version of the US1* project filesets by unzipping with overwrite) https://proximityone.com/vdagis/us1_project_updates_103123.zip to c:\vdagis\1.  This operation replaces the three *project* files us1.gis, us1_cacd47.gis and us1_world1.gis in the folder c:\vdagis\1.

 

US1.GIS Project Start-up View

The VDA Desktop GIS default start-up view is shown below.  This view shows patterns of population change by county for the period 2020 to 2022.  Color patterns in the legend at left of map show counties gaining and losing population and why the change occurred (migration vs natural increase). See more about examining county population trends.  

 

 

 

Layers in US1.GIS Project

 

States        

cb_2020_us_state_so51.shp18

 

Primary Roads        

tl_2022_us_primaryroads.shp21

 

CBSAs/Metros/MSAs        

cb_2020_us_cbsa_500kc

 

Metros 10 Largest        

cb_2020_us_cbsa_500ka

 

50 Largest Cities, 2022 Population        

cb_2020_us_place_500kpts

 

Places, 5,000+ 2022 Population

cb_2020_us_place_500ka

 

County Name        

cb_2021_us_county_500kz

 

County Boundary        

cb_2021_us_county_500kb

 

Congressional Districts CA        

tl_rd22_us_cd118_clipped_ca

 

Congresssional Communities        

cc20_us_012723cd_ca

 

K12 Schools, Orange County, CA        

k12sch_06059

 

School Districts, Orange County, CA        

sd_06059

 

Roads, Orange County, CA        

tl_2022_06059_edges

 

Blocks, Orange County CA        

cc_blk06059_2020pl

 

Block Groups, Orange county, CA        

cb_2020_us_bg_500k_06059

 

Tracts, Orange County, CA        

tracts21_itemset1_06059

 

Tracts $MHI Orange County, CA        

tracts21_itemset1_06059

 

Cty Population Gain 2020-22        

cb_2021_us_county_500knewct

 

Cty Population Loss 2020-22

cb_2021_us_county_500knewct

 

World Countries        

World_Countries_2023

 

BaseLayer        

OpenStreetsMaps

 

States1        

cb_2017_us_state48