Unlocking the Census with GIS

Description:

How to use GIS to understand the potential and limitations of census data

Seeking to demystify the census and explaining the potential of GIS for understanding people, places, and local economies, this guide explains how geographic information systems (GIS) can significantly ease data management, allowing for new ways to analyze and present relationships among variables.

Alan Peters is a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Iowa. Heather MacDonald is an associate professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Iowa, where she has served as chair of the planning program. They both live in Iowa City, Iowa.

描述：
尋求揭開人口普查的神秘面紗，並解釋地理信息系統（GIS）在理解人口、地方和地方經濟方面的潛力，本指南解釋了地理信息系統（GIS）如何顯著簡化數據管理，從而實現對變量之間關係進行新的分析和呈現的方法。

Alan Peters是愛荷華大學城市和區域規劃學教授。Heather MacDonald是愛荷華大學城市和區域規劃學副教授，曾擔任規劃項目主任。他們都居住在愛荷華州愛荷華市。