by James Killick Ever looked at Business Analyst Online and wanted to embed the same kind of functionality into your own site? Well now you can with the new API to Business Analyst Online! The great new service allows web developers to simply call our REST or SOAP APIs to create ring or drive time trade areas and generate the same reports that ...

 by Brenda Wolfe Market Potential reports are here!  Come and get 'em!  The Market Potential reports provide measures of the probable demand for a product or service in a defined geographic area.   The following Market Potential reports are now available in Business Analyst Online: Electronic and Internet ...

    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 ...

by Kyle Watson Hello blog readers, This is a story about ''which side of the tracks'' you are on and how demographic analysis comes into play.  More importantly how to identify certain anomalies when one side is completely opposite of the other - and the sum doesn't equal its parts. To illustrate this point let's say we are a national ...

by Kyle Watson Let's take a stroll into the retail industry... Daniel Howes of The Detroit News wrote a column recently about Meijer, Inc. looking to open a superstore in Detroit, Michigan.  Meijer, a Midwest-based ''everything-under-one-roof'' grocery retailer has no current stores within the city limits.  In fact no one does.  ...

 by Jim Herries I'm trying to convince a friend of mine that it's time to sell the house and move to an area closer to work.  To compare the potential new neighborhoods, I sent her this map available from ESRI's new Mapping for Everyone site.  This map is like a satellite image of factors at work in the local ...

  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 Brenda Wolfe The latest update of Business Analyst Online released this week contains some much-anticipated features.  You can check out the full list of new features on the Business Analyst Online Resource Center, but here are a few highlights... Comparison Reporting New comparison reporting helps you to directly ...

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 ...