By Catherine Spisszak It’s the time of year to start filling out those college basketball tournament brackets again.  Whether you have followed college basketball all season long or pick your winners arbitrarily (by mascots or team colors like I sometimes do), the college basketball tournament is exciting to follow. ESRI Market Potential ...

        By Catherine Spisszak   You should be receiving your Census 2010 form soon.  Forms will be mailed to homes in March.  This Census will be much different than years past.  The most significant feature of the next census will be the omission of the long form. The short census questionnaire ...

    By Catherine Spisszak Right now, we are in the heat of watching all of the cold winter sports of the 2010 Winter Olympics.  Whether you prefer figure skating, downhill skiing, or are intrigued by the sport of curling, the Olympics offer something for everyone.  The personal stories of the individual athlete’s ...

    by Catherine Spisszak   Halloween is here and I thought you might find these facts using ESRI Data interesting: Bone Gap Village, IL has a total population of 262.  25.0% of the residents are under 18 and of trick or treating age. 17.4% of the population in Tombstone City, AZ can trick or treat ...

  Green is the new black.  From reusable bags at the supermarket and energy efficient appliances to hybrid cars and recycling, we are all trying to do our part.  ESRI Data can be used to identify some interesting trends in our efforts to be green. The U.S. city with the highest likelihood to buy foods labeled as natural or ...

  by Catherine Spisszak  Chicago may have Wrigley Field and deep dish pizza; but, according to a recent study by Forbes magazine, the Chicago metro area is the most stressful city to live in the U.S.  Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; and Providence, Rhode Island round out the top five. To conduct the ...

by Catherine Spisszak Football fans…your wait is over.  The start of the 2009 football season is upon us.  But more importantly, so is the start of the 2009 fantasy football leagues.  Our 2009 Market Potential database includes data for Participation in a fantasy sports league in the last 12 months, so I thought it would be ...

by Catherine Spisszak ESRI Data is showcased in a recent edition of Crain’s New York City Facts. This online article provides very interesting facts about New York City, including which neighborhoods are expected to grow the fastest over the next five years due to good schools, rehabbed housing and new shopping. Click here to check ...

by James Killick In these trying economic times it's especially important to understand the local characteristics of the marketplace before you make a decision on where to invest in a business. In many cases I wonder if people perform even the most basic market research.  Take Redlands, CA for example: a town of some 69,790 people ...

The 2009 update to Address Coder, ESRI’s stand-alone geocoding and data appending software, started shipping this week. The update includes Tele Atlas geocoding reference data (based on February 2009 data) and ESRI’s 2009 demographic and Tapestry data. We made some minor changes to the user interface to improve the setup of geocoding/data ...