When it comes to geocoding, there are many options out there to quickly match addresses to a point on a map. Google Maps is the obvious choice but for GIS professionals, the ESRI Worldwide Geocode Service is the way to go. Unless ... you want to create your own address matching service. It's easier than you might think but there are pros and cons to both options. In our web-based app, SchoolSite Locator, we allow our [...]
It is inevitable. There is no escaping it. Sooner or later during our SchoolSite training it happens. Eventually I will say to you “you have some work to do cleaning your student data.” I have trained administrators across North America and no one has been able to avoid the reality that so often our student data is not as accurate as we believe. Is this really a surprise though? Most districts have dozens of [...]
Davis Demographics is celebrating a very big achievement this week. We have become Gold Business Partners with Esri! This is no small feat and we are incredibly proud to be so closely tied to our friends at Esri. If you have spent much time with anyone at Davis Demographics, you have probably heard us talk about our Esri customer number, which is 265. That low three-digit number comes from being among the first organizations [...]
