PolicyMap now contains census boundaries for both 2000 and 2010!
When the Census released its data for 2010, it not only gave the US new data – it gave us new geographies. Many Census block groups, tracts – and yes, even some counties – have different boundaries on the map in 2010 than they did in 2000. In the data and mapping world, this makes things complicated particularly if you want to look at how your neighborhood is changing. And there are many places where these boundaries shifted a lot, making geographic analysis pretty complicated.
When we set out to incorporate these new boundaries into the PolicyMap platform, we had three basic goals in mind:
If you’re thinking that PolicyMap looks just like it did before, well you’re almost right. This was some serious under-the-hood work, and we managed to incorporate this power into the existing interface without adding any new buttons, features or add-ons.
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