How does Community Analyst get information for the exact area you need using hand-drawn shapes?

Nicholas_I_Seigal — Fri, 31 May 2024 00:35:29 GMT

The Community Analyst site say the that CA ca do the following: "Get information for the exact area you need—including standard geographies (down to the Census block group level), hand-drawn shapes, or rings or drive times around a location." What is the exact method used to do that?

For example, if I want the 2023 ACS population within 1/4 crow flight distance of a set of transit stops and some of the Census Blocks are only partially in these 1/4 mile buffers, how does it determine the population that is in the buffer area for that Block?

I am excited to have a tool that would not just do it by intersection-selection or area-interpolation, but instead by various dasymetric methods (e.g., using land cover, dwelling points, or building area).

Re: How does Community Analyst get information for the exact area you need using hand-drawn shapes?

FasilTiru — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:54:56 GMT

Hello @Nicholas_ISeigal ,

This is explained in the help documentation: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/community-analyst/help/understand-data-apportionment.htm

Thanks,

Fasil T.

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How does Community Analyst get information for the exact area you need using hand-drawn shapes?

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