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Date: 26 Jan 99 10:49:27 EST
From: "Joyce A. Ryerson" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: CensusCD+Maps
 
 
If you are comfortable with mapping census information by pulling together the
data from different sources and doing it for the student or teaching them then
you may not need the CensusCD+Maps.  We do not have the census discs in the Map
Room nor do we use Wessex.  We do have ArcView and MapInfo.   For the student
who knows nothing about mapping, it is a nice program.  With a little
instruction the student can create maps easily.  The hard part is understanding
census data.  It is all contained on one CD. "One stop shopping!"  It is also
easy to create files of data (Dbase, ASCII) and text reports.  It has sixteen
geographies to select from. So you can create maps based on tracts, zips, 104
Congress, block groups, MCD, etc.  You can also do a radius around an area by
selecting latitude/longitude, zip, place, or address.   You have a choice of
Standard (commonly requested information) or Tailored counts when selecting
census data.  The files you create can be used in ArcView or MapInfo.
 
 
I haven't used the historical data or county time series.  It includes the
population of states and counties for the twenty-one decennial censuses from
1790-1990.   It contains 3,475 data items in 63 data files for all the data
published for counties in the 1994, 1988, 1982 County and City Data Book, and
the 1991, 1986, 1982 of the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book as well as
some additional data.  There are also 1997 population estimates and 2002
projections.
 
 Without rambling on too much, I think it is a great  CD.  It offers a bundle
of data that can easily be mapped, and it is all on one CD.  I find it less
confusing to go to one source than many sources.  Most students want to do the
maps easily, quickly and the last minute.
 
Joyce Ryerson
Map Room
Baker Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH  03755
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