Very nice! It's been a long time since the American Factor Finder
(still great) launched about 10 years ago. The new tool provide  more
interactivity and slicker user experience. I think many organizations
would benefit greatly from that as 2010 census data gradually coming
out.


On Oct 28, 10:42 am, Bruce Ralston <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have posted a tutorial on thematic mapping that may be of interest to this
> group.  The tutorial's home page ishttp://tnatlas2.geog.utk.edu/TutorHome.
>
> The Census Mapping Tutorial is designed to help people learn how to create
> thematic maps using Flex, Google Maps, and data from the US Census. While
> the tutorial focuses on US Census data, the methods and techniques used in
> the tutorial are applicable to most any data.
>  Some highlights of the topics covered:
> On-the-fly, user defined thematic mapping including methods of
> classification
> Managing data grids when the variables in the grid are not known until run
> time
> Creating bivariate plot charts with regression statistics
> On-the-fly generation of polygon styles
> Using and managing KML overlays
> Linking related data views
> Using state transitions to create smooth changes in project layout
> Linking tabular data to KML files of census polygons
> Generating PDF reports using AlivePDF
> Working with various controls, such as TabNavigators,Repeaters, and Tile
> Layout Containers
>
>                 Some other items that are more Flex than mapping related
> might also be of interest. These include:
> States and transitions
>                         Tile layouts and repeater functions
>                         Binary searches of data provider information
>
>  The tutorial uses the following programming tools and libraries:
> Flash Builder 4 with the 3.5 SDK
> The Google Maps for Flash API, version 1.18
> The Google Map API Utility Library for KML manipulation
> AlivePDF for generating PDF files
>
> I hope to have an updated version that uses the Flash Builder 4 SDK and the
> latest Google Maps for Flash API, along with the soon to be released
> American Community Survey data available in the first half of 2011.
> --
> Bruce Ralston
> Professor
> Department of Geography
> University of Tennessee
> Knoxville, TN 37996-0925
> Phone: 865-974-6043
> FAX: 865-974-6025

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