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PolicyMap Maps A Metric Crapload of Data

Started by Joel Burslem · 1 year ago

This is pretty cool. PolicyMap is a new site by The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), a national not-for-profit organization that finances neighborhood revitalization.

It’s a Google Maps mashup on steroids.

They offer “4,000 indicators related to demographics, real estate markets, crime, schools, housing affordability, employment, ... Continue reading »

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  • Pushpin team

    1 year ago

    Ahh, we thought it was an imperial crapload ;) Regardless it's a lot of data.

    The application is, strictly speaking, not a Google mashup but rather a Pushpin mashup. Same idea though.
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  • Kyle Else

    1 year ago

    I watched a presentation of Policy Map - Tuesday, April 29 during the LI 2008 Conference in Santa Clara. The presentation was called "Good data, smart decisions: transforming neighborhood analysis with PolicyMap" and one of the smartest offerings was the ability to generate a pre-defined summary report (ie: Community Profile, Housing Market Report, Rental Housing Report, IRS Tax Report) of any area within its coverage.
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