Hacks for Democracy: a Hackathon for Elections and Politics
By Azavea on August 22nd, 2012
While Azavea works on all manner of software projects that use geographic data, there are a few areas where...
Reviewing 3 Web Mapping Platforms and their Limitations
By Nse-Abasi Esema on August 22nd, 2012
One of my Summer of Maps projects has involved working with Ben Harold, a journalist from WHYY/NewsWorks and The Notebook...
Azavea Sensor Hack Day
By Azavea on August 6th, 2012
Many of Azavea’s staff set aside 10% of their time to pursue either a personal R&D project or a structured...
Does PA's new voter ID law impact groups differently by ethnicity?
By Azavea on August 2nd, 2012
If you’ve been following election news, you’re likely aware of the controversy surrounding Pennsylvania’s strict Voter ID law. The new...
Getting started with ACS Alchemist
By Azavea on August 1st, 2012
We recently announced the release of a free and open source tool that allows easy access to American Community Survey...
Moving to ArcGIS 10.1
By Azavea on July 18th, 2012
One of my colleagues, Chip Hitchens, just came back from an ArcGIS Server 10.1 “boot camp” with Esri. We’ve been...