SparkMap's 2022 in Review

2022 was a big year at SparkMap, thanks to you! Internally, we added more members to our team, underwent a full site refresh to unveil in 2023, and developed more multimedia content to enhance your SparkMap experience.

We weren’t the only ones busy on SparkMap this year! In our 2022 Review, we’ll

Highlight the number of maps and assessments made this year,
Dive into the most popular content, and
Give you a preview of exciting changes to come in 2023.

Thanks for being with us this year—we can’t wait to see what you do next!

Your 2022 SparkMap Year in Review

17,850 maps created!

This year, you took your data visuals to the next level by creating nearly 18,000 maps! Overall, the SparkMap community focused on learning more about people and infrastructure in their areas. If you haven’t already, we recommend exploring our top 5 most popular map layers of 2022: the Vulnerable Populations Footprint, National Commodity Crop Productivity Index 3.0 (NCCPI), Food Desert Census Tracts, Location Opportunity Footprint, and Population Change, percent by Tract. We can’t wait to see how you continue to use the Map Room to spark change in your communities this year!

62,078 Community Needs Assessment reports created!

SparkMap 2022 top 5 indicator categories

You also took a closer look at your communities by creating over 62,000 reports! See your most popular indicator categories including demographics, social and economic factors, health outcomes, health behaviors, and physical environment. Specifically, the SparkMap Community was interested in population trends, household economic standing, chronic disease, poor health behaviors, and housing quality. We hope these assessments helped you create stronger cases for resources and action!

Looking Ahead at SparkMap 2023

SparkMap has been compiling user feedback since our launch, and we’re committed to delivering a site experience even more tailored to you this year! We have a fully refreshed site coming to you soon, so be on the lookout for updates. Some of our favorite features include a new visually-focused site design, streamlined support materials, updated user dashboard, and enhanced industry pages to help you unlock the power of SparkMap in your industry.

In 2022, you focused on deeply understanding your communities to effect change—we’re excited to see what SparkMap helps you do in 2023!

Tour the Refreshed SparkMap Site

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Take a tour of the SparkMap website refreshed in January 2023. In this video, useful for new and returning SparkMap Subscribers, we provide some tips of how to navigate SparkMap, highlight new features like topic-based Community Needs Assessments and Maps, and walk through enhanced support materials. We also showcase the new logged in user dashboard…

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Choosing the Right SparkMap Product for You

ByShaye Morrison September 28, 2021June 8, 2023

What brought you to SparkMap? Was it our mission to bring you all the data you need, ready to go, all in one place? Was it the 279 indicators you can use to create Community Assessments? Or, perhaps you were interested in using our Map Room to tell the story of your community through some…

Product Updates

ZIP Code Data Now Available in the SparkMap Assessment

ByMelissa De Bartolomeo April 27, 2021June 8, 2023

For the first time ever, SparkMap is offering ZIP code breakouts for nearly 100 of our indicators. Get data for every ZIP code in your assessment area – view alongside our dynamic data visualizations or download for offline use.

Product Updates

A Year in Review: Looking Back & Gazing Ahead

ByShaye Morrison January 7, 2022June 8, 2023

In this blog we take a look back at all that you accomplished in 2021 and preview what’s to come in 2022. Thank you for being part of SparkMap. We can’t wait to see what you create this year!