A place to interact with thousands of mapped data sets, the Map Room is the primary visual component of SparkMap. Search and load information from a broad library of data sets, explore the maps, and share with others. The Map Room is also integrated across SparkMap features, providing a familiar interface for data visualization.

Share the maps you create in the Map Room with others seamlessly via social media links or email. Shared links connect to the full interactive mapping features used to create the share. The Map Room also supports the export and download of maps in multiple formats, allowing printing or integration of maps into other documents.

Specialized tools allowing analysis and exploration of map data for specific topics.  Use the Vulnerable Populations Footprint tool to discover concentrations of populations with health access challenges, or use the Location Opportunity Footprint Tool to find neighborhoods with great schools, jobs, and housing.

With a membership subscription, interactive maps can be saved to a SparkMap personal project folder.  Use this feature to return to the same map view, share with others, or modify the map. This is useful for bookmarking datasets and locations you frequently access.

Indicators are specific measures that show the condition of a particular topic.  For example, an indicator can show the number of physicians available in a county, the trends in unemployment, or percent of population with Veteran status.  Within Reports, indicators combine tables, maps, charts, descriptions, and links to more information to provide multiple visualizations of data.

Packaged indicators provide access to pre-selected groupings of data.  The Standard Package provides a basic set of information describing conditions.  The Community Development Package focuses on indicators supporting understanding of local economic conditions.  The Health Specialist Package supports community health needs assessment.

Learn more about which indicators are available with the (always!) Free, Pro and Premium reports.

Report on a single county or state with the SparkMap Free reporting tool. With a membership subscription, create reports with multiple counties or states. With a premium membership subscription, report on data with custom areas by grouping ZIP codes or other standard geographies, or drawing an area on a map.

Export a SparkMap report to PDF for saving and sharing.  With a Premium Subscription, download of editable Word and Excel formatted reports is supported.

Enhance the utility of SparkMap Footprint tools with the addition of a report on the conditions in the identified footprint area.

With a membership subscription, reports can be saved to SparkMap.  Save in static format, providing a dated snapshot of indicators, or in interactive format, which will automatically update as data supporting an indicator changes.

Report on data by grouping ZIP codes or other standard geographies, or drawing an area on a map.

Estimate data for non-standard geographies, such as sub-county areas or legislative districts, using Population-Weighted Small Area Estimation methodology.  This tool will estimate the distribution of data for selected indicators, providing an improved description of conditions for unique areas.

Integrate data in CSV, KML/KMZ, or shapefiles formats into Map Room

Create new data using tools within the Map Room.  The Data Builder allows the drawing of point, line, or polygon features and the addition of attribute data.

The total number of data sets that can be stored for use in SparkMap.

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