| Overview: There will be three MCDC workshops, two running concurrently in the morning and one in the afternoon.
One morning session will be devoted to an in depth introduction to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is
the most important new source of data from the Census Bureau to come along in decades. The other morning session is for those
with an interest in desktop GIS systems. The afternoon session will be spent looking at various tools and data sources
available on the Missouri Census Data Center's web site. This will be a "live" demo, and will include extensive hands-on
access to American Community Survey data, both at the Census Bureau and the MCDC web sites.
A reference page with links to presentation slides and other related material can be found
here.
Registration
Please note that this is a combination of two distinct conferences, and that registration for each day you plan to attend is necessary.
To register for the May 28 MCDC Workshops please fill out the MCDC Workshops Registration Form.
(To register for the May 27 Government Documents Conference, please fill out the Missouri Government Documents Conference Registration Form).
There are no registration fees for either day.
Questions? Contact Billy Earney at OSEDA 573 882-7397 .
Maps
2nd floor of Ellis Library
Room 213 Ellis.
More details re the campus and parking will be added as we get closer to the workshop dates.
Schedule - May 28, 2009
| 8:30-9:00 | Arrive, register at table outside Room 213, Ellis library. | 213 Ellis | |
| 9:00 - 12:00 | ACS Basics Workshop | 213 Ellis | Katina Jones and Billy Earney |
9:00 - 12:00
(concurrent session) | Introduction to GIS with Hands-on GIS Activities | 106-109 Stewart Hall | Jim Harlan |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch - on your own | | |
| 1:30 - 4:30 | Things to See and Do on the MCDC Web Site | 213 Ellis | John Blodgett |
Program Details
| ACS Basics
Presenters: Katina Jones, Missouri State Library, and Billy Earney, OSEDA, U. of Missouri - Columbia
So what are AFF, MOE, CV, PUMA, PUMS and multiyear estimates? From where will we get future “long form” data? Why are the answers to these questions important to you? This presentation will answer these questions and give you a strong foundation to understanding the American Community Survey and its many important data products.
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| Introduction to GIS
Presenter: Jim Harlan, Geographic Resources Center, U. of Missouri - Columbia.
- Exploring Missouri GIS census data on the Internet via ArcIMS, etc.
- Downloading and importing various GIS and demographic data into ArcGIS.
- Practical Application and linkage (i.e. relational database) of spatial GIS data and non-spatial demographic data using ArcGIS.
- Introduction to GeoPDF files for Missouri using (Arc)Map_to_PDF and GeoPDF_toolbar.
- Getting GIS-ready for Census 2010 and Redistricting.
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| Things to See and Do on the Missouri Census Data Center Web Site
Presenter: John Blodgett, OSEDA, U. of Missouri - Columbia
A hands-on guided tour of some of the most popular web tools and data sources on the MCDC web site. Will also include
a live visit to the American FactFinder web site to access data from the American Community Survey, followed
by examples of accessing comparable data on the MCDC site. The presentation will be somewhat loosely based on the material contained
in the two "Things to See and Do..." powerpoint presentations accessible on the MCDC site (under the MCDC Quick Tour link). Topics to be covered
will include: - how to locate and retrieve ACS data (via American FactFinder and the MCDC's ACS Profiles);
- using MABLE/Geocorr to get access to geographic data
- using various navigation paths
to access the MCDC's applinks application links pages;
- accessing a variety of resources (from Excel spreadsheets of the latest Missouri
estimates, to a dynamic web app that allows you to get custom age-cohort estimates at county level for any state in the country for any year from 1990 to 2007) related to population estimates & projections.
- Internet Mapper GIS web app
- CAPS (Circular Area Profile) reports
- IRS Migration profiles
- Using the new MCDC google search feature.
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Presenter Biographies
| Katina Jones is currently the Statistical Research Analyst for the Missouri State Library. In this position she is the Liaison to the U.S. Census Bureau for the State Data Center Program, and State Data Coordinator to IMLS for the Public Library Statistics Cooperative. Katina works closely with OSEDA to coordinate the activities of the Missouri Census Data Center to disseminate census data products to end users. She also works closely with the state’s public libraries to gather and submit library statistics to IMLS for those data users. Katina has a BA in Applied Psychology and Broad Field Social Science from Alverno College in Wisconsin.
Billy Earney is a Programmer/Analyst for the Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) at the University of Missouri. He develops and maintains scripts and web applications. He is presently working on projects for Mo Health Net, MODOT, MCDC, and OSEDA. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla (MS&T) with a BS and MS in Computer Science.
Jim Harlan is the Senior Research Specialist and Program Manager at the Geographic Resources Center (GRC), Department of Geography, University of Missouri. He is primarily responsible for day-to-day operations of the GRC lab to include small and large geographic information requests of private, public, and governmental agencies; the work of student interns and graduate assistants; the maintenance of computer hardware, software, and databases; the inventory and ordering of supplies, equipment, and software, and the writing of grant/contract proposals.
He manages 2-4 GIS/cartography projects at any given time while collaborating with federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as the general public, toward successful completions and information requests. He also teaches and assists Geography students in Cartography, Remote Sensing, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Historical Geography, and Historical Ecology.
Jim has been a sitting member of the Missouri Census Data Center (MCDC) since 1998. He holds a BA in History, a BA in Geography, an MA in Geography, and is a PhD candidate in the department of Fisheries and Wildlife researching the historical ecology and geomorphology of the Lower Missouri River and early Missouri landscapes. He has authored or coauthored 3 book publications, been featured in national and regional magazines (e.g. National Geographic, Missouri Life), and produced numerous peer-reviewed articles in professional journals.
John Blodgett is a senior programmer/analyst with OSEDA (Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis) at the University of Missouri. He has been working
with computers and Census data since 1972. He has designed and/or written most of the applications that he will be demonstrating during his presentation. He has been the primary architect of the MCDC web site since its inception in the early 90's, and has been working on building a SAS-based public data archive since the early 80's.
He headed the Urban Information Center at UMSL for 26 years before moving to OSEDA in 1998. John has a B.A. degree from UMSL and an M.A. from Duke University, both in mathematics.
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