Latest Contributions by JayLarsen

‎04-28-2021

Wow, cool. I'm having a LOT of UX and functionality problems with the new map viewer--seems way to immature to have released? Of course, I do mostly calculations, which are not even supported yet. It's like the new one is mostly for styling?

‎03-09-2021

Thanks, good tip. That Excel file is way better organized than all the various web pages on ESRI. Sadly, it still gets down to the same information, which doesn't tell me for sure what is counted and what isn't. Cheers!

‎03-08-2021

Thank for the reply. It's not the MATH part that I need the exact definitions on, it is the content. E.g. for this "health insurance" metric, does that mean the projected # of people in the selected geography includes ALL types of "medical insurance", inclusive of medicare and medicaid? Or is it just all commercial insurance? It's kind of like if there was a generic-sounding "owns a car" variable, but you couldn't determine if it that included pickups and SUVs or something. I have heard back from a support item that it is ALL insurance--but it doesn't look like it. But, that's the response. It's somewhat similar to some ACS data, but yields totally different results. Thanks!

‎03-03-2021

Yes, true. Thanks for the reply! It is a "market potential" literally, but I need to know if it excludes in the survey those that have Medicare or Medicaid from the denominator, so to speak.

‎03-02-2021

How can I get the exact definition of one of ESRI's variables I have used for enrichment. I have used the variable The variable "MP18050a_B 2020 Carry medical or hospital or accident insurance" for a project. The variable says it returns the number of people in the selected area that have health insurance. But I need to know the exact definition of the variable. It is about health insurance, but does it mean only commercial health insurance, or does it also mean the resultant number is for Medicare and Medicaid also?

‎01-19-2021

Is BAO messed up? It won't put on boundaries? Tries for awhile, then reports "Can't show boundaries because of server error" on everything.

‎01-05-2021

Not sure if this will help, but AGOL has been "acting funny" for me for about 3 months. Not refreshing, drawing properly, orange warning message about not being able to draw everything--on a layer with 7 features only. Calculations failing to start or finish. Zooming in and out, or logging out, logging back in seems to clear it for a little while, anyways.

‎12-09-2020

Actually, I figured this out. Using the "intersection" operator on the ZIPs with my other polygon works fine. The result layer sadly does tack on the thing on the outside that share a line segment with my polygon. I didn't realize the reason I could edit this resultant polygon is that it was locked by default. Unlock it, and snip away the odd ZIP that I don't need. Very weird how intersection and "within" operators seem to be equivalent for polygon vs polygon operations. What I was after was a good "clip to path" type operator. AGOL just doesn't have the full suite from Pro.

‎12-07-2020

It has been established that AGOL has access to some good boundary layers on the Living Atlas and other places. How do I "snip a portion off" of these system layers? Let's say I put on the ZIP layer, and I want to snip off just the ZIPs that are within some boundary...like the city of Phoenix or the CBSA. What is the workflow? Every time I try to use an operation like "intersects" it doesn't do it? I need to end up with a separate layer with just the stuff I want in it. I want to display and enrich just the resultant features, not the whole thing. Bonus question: why does BAO have an ESRI 2020 pop layer, but AGOL only has ESRI 2020 pop density layer? Thank You.

‎12-04-2020

Thanks for the reply! Yes, Google is doing a LOT in there, I was hoping it was standardized somewhere. For Phoenix metro, its pretty good: neighborhoods like Arcadia and Biltmore are pretty well defined. The Urban Villages map is available from City of Phoenix, but it is really more of a "job center" and nobody really cares about the names like the do in the older parts of Phoenix. I noticed my old hometown of Minneapolis is quite well labeled in GoogleMaps as well. Thanks for the info, cheers!

‎12-03-2020

Does ESRI (or anybody) have a layer that has all of the neighborhood and urban village names like GoogleMaps does? I live in Phoenix metro, so I want to see "real" cities like Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Phoenix, etc. but also see village and neighborhood names like "Arcadia" and "Biltmore". This are a step more than the CDPs that ESRI has, I have to think this data is around someplace?

‎10-06-2020

I see that you have 2 sources of information for BAO now, InfogGraph and SafeGraph. When to use? Are they trying to be similar, or are the complements? I LOVE that you allow full address data in BAO extracts now, we use it to monitor competitor clinics, and makes matching to other sources MUCH easier. Thanks!

‎05-06-2020

I assume the update for demographics for 2020/2025 will come out in a month or so as usual. My question is: is it "in the can" already? Or will it contain--especially for 2025--updates from the current COVID-19 economic implosion? We are a healthcare company, so we are looking for any type of resource that might estimate how layoffs will affect our payor mix: e.g. will there be more Medicaid coming in and fewer insured patients coming in for the next year? 2 years? AZ is tough--it was doing great economically and population growth, but COVID-19 blew up tourism, and people can't move here if they can't sell their houses back in the cold, snowy midwest. Any guidance on how to forecast effects? Or with good luck, the implosion will only last one season, and things will get back to normal by 2021 demographics? Anybody have any thoughts on this matter? Thank You.

‎03-23-2020

I did a support incident. Basically, the resolution of it was "sometimes maps get corrupted, so start over with a fresh map, re-add your layers, and it will be OK". And that was correct, but not at all amusing. Good luck!

‎02-14-2020

I tested from home, on a Mac, with all 3 browsers. Same result, can't enrich in one map, stick it in a blank map, no problem. Very irritating!!! I guess I'll have to do a support incident.

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Latest Contributions by JayLarsen

Re: New Map Viewer / Info Popup

Re: How to get exact definition of ESRI variables for enrichment

Re: How to get exact definition of ESRI variables for enrichment

Re: How to get exact definition of ESRI variables for enrichment

How to get exact definition of ESRI variables for enrichment

BAO down partially?

Re: Basemap not loading/displaying correctly

Re: How to snip off a portion of layer like ZIP or Census Blocks?

How to snip off a portion of layer like ZIP or Census Blocks?

Re: ESRI layer with googlemap-like neighborhood and urban village names?

ESRI layer with googlemap-like neighborhood and urban village names?

BAO: When to use InfoGraph vs. SafeGraph data?

demographics update 2020?

Re: enrich layer doesn't work

Re: enrich layer doesn't work

USA Traffic Counts

Re: USA Traffic Counts

Re: Hosted Feature Layer Error: There was an error...

creating new hosted feature from existing is weird...

Re: City Code