Resources: Methods and Tools: Interactive Tools
| Title: |
Basic Tables Profile Generator |
| Summary: |
Produces basic profile reports from 1990 census Summary Tape File 3 for all parts of the United States. |
| Methods and Tools: |
community, county, and regional profiling |
| Geography: |
state, county, city/town, metro area, census tract, block group, zip code |
| Data: |
embedded |
| Applications: |
regional analysis, poverty assessment |
| Friendliness: |
beginner |
| Location: |
Missouri Census Data Center |
| URL: |
http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/xtabs3menus/mainmenu.html |
| Title: |
CARES: Map Room |
| Summary: |
Interactive and dynamic printable maps, atlas maps, analysis and modeling, and data downloads for Missouri. |
| Methods and Tools: |
environmental and economic impact analysis, suitability analysis, mapping |
| Geography: |
county, school district, zip code, city/town (Missouri) |
| Data: |
embedded for analysis and downloadable |
| Applications: |
economic development |
| Friendliness: |
novice |
| URL: |
http://maps.cares.missouri.edu/maproom/ |
| Title: |
CensusScope |
| Summary: |
CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, brought to you by the University of Michigan. With eye-catching graphics and exportable trend data, CensusScope is designed for generalists and specialists. Charts, trends, maps, rankings, comparisons, and measures of segregation available. Topic areas include educational attainment, language, ethnicity, employment, occupation, and industry, migration, and housing characteristics. |
| Methods and Tools: |
comparative analysis, trend analysis, and mapping |
| Geography: |
state, metro area, city by state, neighborhood within city by state |
| Data: |
embedded for analysis plus links to raw data for Census 1990 and 2000 |
| Applications: |
poverty assessment, inequality |
| Friendliness: |
beginner |
| URL: |
http://www.censusscope.org |
| Title: |
Community Planning Tools for Vermont |
| Summary: |
Although Vermont based, this web application provides users with the opportunity to investigate a variety of issues concerning the economy, environment, education, and growth using multiple planning methods. |
| Methods and Tools: |
town and county profiling, map indicators, GIS viewer |
| Geography: |
place, county, and region (Vermont) |
| Data: |
hyperlinked |
| Applications: |
economic development and regional analysis, poverty assessment |
| Friendliness: |
beginner |
| URL: |
http://crs.uvm.edu/rpcs/ |
| Title: |
Enviromapper |
| Summary: |
Environmental mapping tool, provides data and mapping based on EPA regions, focused on environmental health. |
| Methods and Tools: |
mapping |
| Geography: |
state, county, city, region, zip code |
| Data: |
embedded |
| Applications: |
environmental assessment as it applied to community and economic development |
| Friendliness: |
beginner |
| URL: |
http://map3.epa.gov/enviromapper/index.html |
| Title: |
MABLE/Geocorr |
| Summary: |
This Geographic Correspondence Engine allows you to access the Master Area Block Level Equivalency database in order to see geographical relationships among a wide assortment of geographic units. For example, you can see how ZIP codes correspond to county codes, or how census tracts relate to Public Use Microsample Areas (PUMAs). The application will also let you select geographies within a specified radius of a point and aggregate the population or housing units (1990) within the circle(s). |
| Methods and Tools: |
data extraction and analysis, geocoding |
| Geography: |
state, county, tract, zip code, block |
| Data: |
embedded and downloadable |
| Applications: |
regional analysis, economic development, poverty assessment |
| Friendliness: |
novice |
| URL: |
http://oseda.missouri.edu/plue |
| Title: |
National Priorities Project Database |
| Summary: |
Interactive database offering state data on socioeconomic needs and federal expenditures, allows for data queries, and the creation of customized tables, graphs, and reports. |
| Methods and Tools: |
graphic and tabular representation |
| Geography: |
state and national |
| Data: |
hyperlinked for graphs/tables, downloadable |
| Applications: |
poverty assessment, community and economic development, regional analysis |
| Friendliness: |
novice |
| URL: |
http://database.nationalpriorities.org/ |
| Title: |
Putting Your Economy on the Map |
| Summary: |
Interactive mapping of socio-economic data. The OIK/OS application is intended to link the two houses and help you see economic trends associated with places on the map. |
| Methods and Tools: |
mapping, trend analysis |
| Geography: |
select states, county |
| Data: |
embedded |
| Applications: |
regional analysis |
| Friendliness: |
beginner |
| Location: |
OIK/OS |
| URL: |
http://www.eco2eco.net/index.htm |
| Title: |
Shift-Share Analysis of Regional Employment |
| Summary: |
This web site will generate a five-page report on employment changes among 10 major industries in any combination of the 3,190 US counties or states. It uses the database in the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis' Regional Economic Information System, for the years 1980 through 2000. |
| Methods and Tools: |
shift-share analysis |
| Geography: |
county, region, state |
| Data: |
embedded |
| Applications: |
regional analysis |
| Friendliness: |
beginner |
| URL: |
http://www.rcr.uga.edu/guide/sshare1.html |
| Title: |
StreetEquity Network |
| Summary: |
The Community Wizard is a prototype software tool designed to give you the power to understand how money works in your neighborhood and provides maps for reengineering its flow for greater yields and productivity. It includes a wide array of economic, demographic, and social statistics. It also features facts and figures on federal funding of welfare, food stamps, and housing. The site allows you to view a sample of the Community Wizard. |
| Methods and Tools: |
comparative analysis and mapping |
| Geography: |
city and neighborhood |
| Data: |
embedded |
| Applications: |
poverty assessment, economic development |
| Friendliness: |
beginner |
| URL: |
http://www.streetequity.net/ |
| Title: |
Sustainable Measures |
| Summary: |
An interactive guide to developing indicators of sustainability. The web site provides a focal point for dissemination, evaluation and discussion of indicators of sustainable communities. Unlike sites whose subject is "sustainability" in general, this site focuses on how communities can use indicators of sustainability in a practical way to determine their direction and measure their progress. The site offers downloadable training, a searchable database of indicators, and links to online resources. |
| Methods and Tools: |
sustainability indicators development |
| Geography: |
community level |
| Data: |
external |
| Applications: |
community and economic development |
| Friendliness: |
novice |
| URL: |
http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/ |
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