1. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 1 Local Sources and the 2000 Census Local Sources and the 2000 Census Ronald Briggs Ph.D. Director, GIS Programs Associate Director, Bruton Center The University of Texas at Dallas briggs@utdallas.edu This presentation is available at: www.utdallas.edu/~briggs census2000.ppt www.utdallas.edu/~briggs

2. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 2 Census Data Primary Processing Technology 1960: Paper 1970: Mainframe 1980: Mainframe/minicomputer 1990: High-end PCs and workstations 2000: any Personal Computer

3. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 3 Data Storage and Distribution Technology 1960: paper 1970: ½” reel tapes for mainframes –1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th Counts – couldn’t they get it right the first time? 1980: ½” reel tapes for mainframes –STF-1, STF-2 –New name, same old format 1990: CD-ROM 2000: The Web

4. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 4 Analysis Methodolgies 1960: mechanical calculators 1970: mainframe programming languages –Fortran, PL1 1980: command line statistical packages –SPSS, SAS 1990: tabular spreadsheets –Lotus123, Excel 2000: map based displays –Free GIS*-based browsers *Geographic Information Systems

5. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 5 The Analysts 1960: a very few, very patient people 1970: mainframe programmers 1980: university-based social scientists with advanced computer skills 1990: computer-literate professionals 2000: any and everybody

6. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 6 The 2000 Picture Processing technology: home PC Data storage and distribution: The Web (or CDs) Analysis: free map-based browsers Analysts: any and everybody The 2000 Census is now a mass market phenomena, rather than a university fiefdom.

7. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 7 Universities as “Local Data Sources” Past Universities were the primary local data source since only they had the technology (mainframes) and expertise (programmers) to access data By agreement, North Central Texas COG provided public interface Present University’s role now lies in –Research and Data interpretation –Teaching and training in data analysis North Central Texas Council of Governments operates the main access site: www.dfwinfo.com

8. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 8 UT-Dallas Activities Research and Data Interpretation –Collin County Community College District, Analysis of Service Area Characteristics and Trends –Dallas Morning News, Toxic Traps: Public Housing and Pollution Teaching and Training in Data Analysis: 15 credit hour graduate certificate programs in –Geographic Information Systems –Quantitative Analysis of Social and Economic Data

9. GIS Ron Briggs, UT-Dallas, The Press and the 2000 Census, December 2000 9 Global is Local & Local is Global Many global resources contain local data –http://www.geolytics.com/ contains the US Census on one CD –http://cronkite.pp.asu.edu/census/ Guide to Census 2000 for jounalistshttp://cronkite.pp.asu.edu/census/ Local Web sites accessible from anywhere thus unprecedented opportunities for –us to see local data anywhere in the world –anyone in the world to see our local data