I just took a look at the ire site. It does not appear
to allow selection of a subset beneath the state level -- e.g., in my
case, all the tracts in the City of Detroit. It would be helpful if
the user could specify a placefp code beneath the state level.
At 05:28 PM 8/26/2011, you wrote:
Simplicity? Would be no easier
to use if it were in Greek.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Overberg, Paul
<poverber@usatoday.com>
wrote:
- Census.ire.org only allows
single-table downloads via bulk download (geo within geo), but its table
browser allows download of many tables at once for one or a few
geos.
-
- The table browser also shows descriptive column headings via a toggle
to show or hide the table browser. Descriptive labels aren’t included in
the download file.
-
- Two other key features:
- -- It lets you look at a table for multiple levels of geography, so
you can inspect side-by-side (for instance) a table for 4 tracts, 2
cities, a metro and a state. Then you can download just those geos for
that table.
- -- Finally, both bulk download and table browser automatically
link equivalent Census 2000 SF1 and Census 2010 SF1 tables for most geos
and calculates the change and % change.
-
- We designed it for journalists, so data mavens should enjoy its
simplicity. We welcome your feedback. Code is posted:
https://github.com/ireapps/census
-
- Paul Overberg
- USA TODAY
-
-
-
-
- From:
ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net
[
mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Graham,
Todd
- Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:36 PM
- To:
ctpp-news@chrispy.net
- Subject: [CTPP] Re: AFF2 and its well-known faults
-
- I know you’re frustrated with AFF2. I no longer recommend it to
anyone.
-
- So if you need Census 2010 summary tabulations, here are best online
alternatives to AFF2 (my picks):
-
- ·
http://mcdc.missouri.edu/pub/data/sf12010/Datasets.html if you
need many tables for a large number of locations (for example,
all Census Tracts in Minnesota). User interface looks complex the
first time – but you’ll see it’s easy – and allows output in SAS, or
flat-file or other formats.
- ·
http://nhgis.org if you need a few
tables (a few topics) for a large number of locations + you want
ArcGIS shapefile too.
- ·
http://census.ire.org/data/bulkdata.html if you just need one
table (1 at a time) for a large number of locations. This is the
quickest to navigate. The drawback is: this site does not provide
descriptive column headings/labels. You’ll need SF1 documentation to
decipher and re-label the column headings it provides.
-
-
- ________________________
-
- Todd Graham
- Principal Forecaster and Project Manager
- Metropolitan Council
- 390 Robert Street North
- Saint Paul, MN 55101
-
- ph: 651/602-1322
- email:
todd.graham@metc.state.mn.us
- in:
www.linkedin.com/in/toddgraham
- web:
http://www.metrocouncil.org/data/
- ________________________
-
- From:
ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net
[
mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan
Lupton
- Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:42 PM
- To:
ctpp-news@chrispy.net
- Subject: [CTPP] BEA data vs AFF2 and its well-known
faults
-
- I know it’s a lost cause to expect the Census Bureau to see reason
and dump AFF2, which sometime this fall will become their only portal for
census and ACS data. But anyone who believes a data searching and
downloading product has to require tutorials and special training, or has
to be clunky, needlessly complex, visually confusing, and
counter-intuitive should visit the BEA’s new web site, and try
downloading economic data for his/her local area. The steps are quick,
the icons are clear and intuitive, and you can get to some pretty complex
stuff in a series of steps that leaves you feeling smart.
-
- By comparison, speaking only for myself, I always come away from AFF2
either feeling dumb, or like a shoplifter who actually got away with
something useful, despite the risks I had to take and the danger of
complete failure.
-
- However, I do appreciate the efforts of Elaine and others to provide
tips and data-downloading alternatives to AFF2 – thanks!
-
- Jonathan Lupton AICP
- Research Planner
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- Little Rock AR
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