2020 Census PSAP GUPS, Webinar, and Pre-plans - ctpp-news

24 Jan 2019

Hello everyone,

My name is Kathy Yu and I am part of the NCTCOG MPO, which is the 2020 Census PSAP  PPO
for our 16-county area in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.  I learned that not everyone
has been receiving information about the GUPS Software download, webinar information, and
shapefile pre-plans, so I am providing links that I know of here.  Please post to the
listserv with any follow-up questions or information.

GUPS Software download:

I received the following information from my Census District office. GUPS software for
PSAP (GUPS.zip)  is now available here<https://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/gups/>s/>.

Please make sure to review Item 1.1 of the attached FAQ which mentions resolution of an
issue with non-administrators trying to use the GUPS Plug-In.
Webinar:
They have posted Census GUPS Webinar Dates under the "Training Webinar
Information" link on the following page:
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/psap.html

I would suggest  that you cc your district office on your email to reserve a webinar.  I
guess my email to reserve a webinar was sent to spam, so I needed someone to intercede on
my behalf.

Documentation: (Attached)
PSAP_FAQ.docx - PSAP FAQ developed  by our district office (I believe Item 1.1 in here was
developed from our experience in trying to allow Non-Administrative Users be able to use
the Plug-In.)

I also have a 2020CensusPSAP_GUPSGuide.pdf but it is 24 MB.  Can anyone suggest a way to
make this available to the listserv?

Shapefile/Pre-Plan downloads:

  1.  2020 Census pre-plans (18v3):  https://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/ (Refer to FAQ 1.2
for naming convention)
  2.  2020 proposed tract changes (in tabular format) can be downloaded
here<https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/partnerships/psap/2020proposed_tra…/?>.
  3.  Most up to date 2010 geographies (18v2). https://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/  (Refer to
FAQ 1.2 for naming convention)
Some  quirks that we have experienced so far:
1. Need to copy files from administrator's User files to get the plug in for a user
with no administrative privileges
2.  Cannot share projects folders between users easily.  If a second user tries to use the
same folder, it asked to delete the previous projects. You can export and import
project.zip files.
3. I expected that the pre-plan tracts and block groups would appear under working county
in the layers, and the 2010 shapefiles would appear under 2010_geographies, but this is
not always the case.

I hope this helps.  Please let me (or the listserv) know if you have questions or need any
additional information which I didn't include.
Regards,
Kathy
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Kathy Yu
Principal Transportation System Modeler, Model Development and Data Management
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Phone: (817) 608-2343
Email: kyu@nctcog.org<mailto:kyu@nctcog.org>