September is National Preparedness Month, and this year the focus is on Preparing for Older Adults. In this webinar, we highlight various FEMA disaster risk layers and live wildfire data available for free on SparkMap. Then, we examine a data layer aimed at estimating Community Resilience. Lastly, we walk through a case study to help you better understand how accessible emergency services are to older adults in your community.
In this webinar, we discuss background information on the United States Decennial Census, highlight multiple free layers available in the SparkMap Map room, and guide you through a use case using the Population Living in Group Quarters indicator in the Community Needs Assessment.
The NCCPI is a robust and valuable dataset – learn more about it and how to access it on SparkMap.
January is Poverty in America Awareness Month. In 2022, 11.5% of Americans and 15% of children under the age of 18 lived below the federal poverty threshold. In this video, we show you poverty-specific indicators available on SparkMap, create a custom-area Community Needs Assessment, and examine how this data can serve as a foundation for…
Whether you work in healthcare, community planning, or community improvement programs access to reliable food is a must. In this blog series we highlight different food layers available on SparkMap and how they can be used to benefit your community.
Use the Map Room to tell the story of your community in a compelling and visually interesting way. Learn how to add data to a map and explore some basic ways to understand that data.
In this blog series, “Building a Multi-Layer Map” we will explore answers to core map-making questions, unpack some best practices, and highlight how you can use SparkMap to tell a story, rooted in data, about your community.