Making Maps
Introduction to ERSI ArcGIS This is a good generic guide to using ArcGIS. It has some specific links to the Yale University library, which developed the resource. Ignore these and use it as a general reference.
“GIS Presentation Issues in Mapping Data” [Power Point] by Jennifers Ailshire and Jeff Strickland
ArcGIS Map Making Tutorial by Jennifer Ailshire
Getting Census Data for Census 2000: With Emphasis on Mapping Themes from Census 2000 This is a tutorial from the David Phillips at the University of Virginia on how to get data into ArcGIS, which can be one of the more frustrating steps in making maps. Pay special attention to the bottom of page 2 and top of page 3.
Mapping ACS Data by Jeff Strickland
Online interactive tools
Mapping from the Census Bureau Website is a short description of how to make maps using the Census Bureau website. It requires no GIS skills or software. All of the tools reside on the Census Bureau site. The drawback is the limited flexibility on being able to find a table and/or geography that meets the users' needs.
Social Explorer provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, from 1940 to 2000
Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Economic Accounts provides interactive maps for personal income and employment data. Also check out their tool for creating charts.
Practice Exercises
Related topics and sites
Resources for Mapping
Geographic Area Definitions
Creating County Level Statistics
Spatial and Numeric Data Services at the University of Michigan
Geolytics Neighborhood Change Database
PSC blog
Recent resources, events, news
New Publications
Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
Next Brown Bag
Tues, Dec 1
Arland Thornton & Barb Koremenos
Mobilizing for Human Rights
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