Using GIS to make your case

Just a quick heads up about a DataPlace online “expert chat” scheduled for Tuesday of next week, July 31: Using DataPlace to Make Your Case. We’re great fans of DataPlace, which provides a national platform for exploring, exploiting and visualizing Census and other data — including your own, via upload. This may be especially helpful for exec types who are still on the fence about committing institutional time and resources to the whole GIS mapping and statistical data thing they keep hearing about. This is a good starting point for learning more.

And since we’re on the topic of GIS, consider hooking into the feed at or at least an occasional visit to one of LSNC’s special project sister sites, the Race Equity Project. (Folks attending the NLADA Substantive Law Conference in San Jose had the opportunity last week to meet and learn from a stellar cast of advocates (led by Bill Kennedy of LSNC) who created a wholly new track on race equity issues in legal services practice. There are regular postings on use of GIS as an advocacy tool, with examples of how LSNC and others are using GIS and statistical data to get the job done. Plus, tips and reviews on mapping options, generally. For example, take a look at Swivel me timbers . . . arrrrgh, with a concise review of the new mapping features integrated into the Swivel platform? There, aren’t you happy you know that?