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Exploring SimplyMap Data: America’s Bookworms

Posted on Jan 27, 2015 by Admin

In this week’s report exploring SimplyMap data, we take a look at where America’s bookworms reside. To find this data, we used the variable, Reading (Household Average), 2014 found in the...

SimplyMap Tip - Choosing the Correct Report

Posted on Jan 23, 2015 by Admin

SimplyMap offers a total of 5 unique types of reports: Standard Report, Ranking Report, Business Report, Ring Study, and Location Analysis. This brief write up will define what each repor...

Exploring SimplyMap Data: America’s Historic Homes

Posted on Jan 07, 2015 by Admin

In this week’s exploration of SimplyMap data, we set out to find which cities in the United States have the highest percentage of older houses. To determine this, we used the variable “% ...

SimplyMap Tip: Creating a Custom Location

Posted on Dec 15, 2014 by Admin

Custom Locations allow SimplyMap users to combine several locations into one larger region. For example, you can use this feature to combine three adjacent ZIP Codes to create your study ...

GRI Exhibiting at OLA Super Conference, January 28-31 [Booth #T8]

Posted on Dec 15, 2014 by Admin

Stop by the Geographic Research booth at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference to check out SimplyMap Canada. The conference will take place January 28-31 at the Metro Toronto ...

GRI Exhibiting at ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago [Booth #2824] - See you on January 30th!

Posted on Dec 15, 2014 by Admin

Visit the SimplyMap team at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago late January. We will be at booth #2824 offering product demonstrations, tips & tricks, and of course Ghirardelli Choc...

American Household Spending on Pets

Posted on Dec 09, 2014 by Admin

In this week’s SimplyMap blog post, we set out to discover which large US cities spend the most money per year on their pets. To find this out we used the variable, “Pets, Household Avera...

SimplyMap Tip - Editing the Map Legend

Posted on Dec 02, 2014 by Admin

Today we take a look at one of the more advanced features in SimplyMap - editing the map legend. Editing the map legend is a great way to not only customize how the data is distributed on...

Exploring SimplyMap Data: America’s Most Educated Cities

Posted on Nov 24, 2014 by Admin

In this week’s report, we research America’s most educated cities. SimplyMap contains a total of 111 educational attainment variables, including general population and by race. We used th...

SimplyMap Tip – Creating a Map from a Ranking Report

Posted on Nov 17, 2014 by Admin

Our recent series Exploring SimplyMap Data Reports has focused on creating ranking reports for unique variables. Accordingly, we thought it would be helpful to write a quick tip on how to...