A recent FHWA study reports that Web 2.0 apps actually increase efficiency. “Web 2.0” applications are online sites and applications that are user-driven, and emphasize collaboration and interaction like wikis, social media, podcasts and blogs. When Cubit has spoken with planners and engineers in the past about Web 2.0 applications, we heard things like “we [...]
Archive | July, 2010
7 Projects Using Social Media for Public Involvement
Last week, I gave a presentation to the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals Austin Chapter on 7 different environmental impact statement (EISs) projects that are using social media platforms for public involvement. The presentation also covers: Should Environmental Professionals/Planners Care about Social Media What are blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter & Facebook? Common questions from AEC [...]
New Geocoder (aka. Address Look Up)
We just added a Geocoder to Cubit. Now you can type a location into the Geocoder, and then, the map will zoom to your area of interest. Try typing in state names, county names, city names, addresses, intersections or well known proper nouns like Disneyland or Central Park. Wanna test drive Cubit’s geocoder and get some [...]
When Will Census American Community Survey (ACS) Data Be Released?
2010 ACS Data Release Schedule 2009 ACS 1 year estimates –> September 2010 2005 to 2009 ACS 5 year estimates –> December 2010* 2007 to 2009 ACS 3 year estimates –> Early 2011 Here’s a general ACS Data Release Schedule so you can see the planned releases for 2011 and 2012. *Why is the release [...]
