Social Media is Increasingly Integrated into Webmaps, Data Analysis, Analytics and Visualizations

The NGA isn’t the only public agency augmenting their data analysis efforts, analysis and mapping with the inclusion of public social media feeds. There are many ways that real-time public data via the crowd, secured from social media, can augment data analysis, mapping and decision making (Example, just search the 400,000 Esri Story Maps, many […]

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Awesome Story Maps – Geography Helps Understand Where Will Amazon Locate HQ2 and Why?

In College I majored in urban geography. I was totally enthralled with urban planning related matters, architecture, and cities, in particular, how cities grew and the factors that drove people to urban centers. Naturally, as a geographer, it made sense that these things would all, in concert, affect how businesses grew and in particular where […]

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