Measure of America

Measure of America offers a free tool for visualizing data on American prosperity, health, education, and social progress. A project of the well-established, independent non-profit Social Science Research Council, the tool provides a visually inviting and generally user friendly method of combining data sets, locations, and demographic variables to quickly create maps, charts, and graphs. Like the more powerful (and costly) Simply Map (http://geographicresearch.com/simplymap/), Measure of America's interface is well designed and ready for exploring. Also like Simply Map, Measure of America requires some time and attention to learn its capabilities and scope. The free online...