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Weaving the Fabric - Building Authoritative Geospatial Datasets through Collaboration, Relationships, and Data Standards (6 min)
It’s been said that it took about 100,000 humans to build the Pyramids of Giza and a similar number to build the Panama Canal. Prior to the internet, large-scale collaboration is generally thought to
Introducing the Official UGRC API Client (2 min)
Assigning a geographic coordinate to an address, otherwise known as geocoding, is one of the simplest ways to enable data to be visualized on a map. This makes geocoding a gateway to a Geographic Info
2020 Census Redistricting Data in Easy to Use GIS Formats (4 min)
Good news, 2020 census redistricting data is now available for Utah in easy to use GIS formats! In mid-August, the Census Bureau published the PL 94-171 Redistricting Data Summary Files from the 2020
Choosing the Right Transformation (8 min)
From the I Hate Slivers department Modern GIS software goes to great lengths to automate the mundane tasks and hide the boring stuff from us. As a relative newcomer to the field, I've heard the old-ti
Introducing UGRCodes (3 min)
Are you tired of fighting with esoteric municipal FIPS codes? Have you even tried using them? It's not easy and it's certainly not intuitive. Five digit integer codes with minimal consistency and cont
AGRC Name Change to Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC) (2 min)
During the 2021 General Session, the Utah Legislature agreed to change the name of AGRC to the Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC), as passed in House Bill 261, “Geographic Reference Center Amendme
GIS as a Tool for Addressing Intergenerational Poverty (3 min)
We now know that poverty and place are connected. Numerous studies point to evidence showing that place matters a great deal to an individual’s economic outlook. This is particularly true for children
Taking a Closer Look at Election Results - Using GIS to Paint the Political Landscape (4 min)
You've probably heard the saying, there are many ways to peel an orange. Similarly, you've likely noticed, there are many ways to display election results. In this post, we'll take a closer look at ho
Utah's COVID-19 Testing Sites Map: The Importance of Relationships and Resources (7 min)
Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, whenever you create a webmap you're anxiously hoping people will use it. I remember watching the stats for my first real webmap, hoping I'd break a hundred views. 1
