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PolicyMap offers easy-to-use online mapping with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs, and more in communities across the US. From the classroom to the boardroom, thousands of organizations trust PolicyMap to find the right data for their research, market studies, business planning, site selection, grant applications, and impact analysis. A web-based resource, PolicyMap is powered by a growing and current library of indicators from more than 150 authoritative public and proprietary sources. The dedicated team expertly curates the data to ensure it is the most accurate available, with the greatest geographic coverage of national data available at the local level across the US. The data comes from disparate sources but is standardized to allow for simple analysis across indicators.PolicyMap also creates unique data, such as trends over time and indices that combine relevant indicators. PolicyMap’s multi-disciplinary mapping and reporting used by students – undergraduate and graduate, faculty, researchers, and administrators. PolicyMap helps students across disciplines understand geographic data. Our Curriculum Resources show sample exercises to teach spatial literacy, as well as syllabi, papers, and projects that use or cite PolicyMap. PolicyMap is used to bring sophisticated data, mapping, and analytics to fields beyond traditional GIS and planning departments. From public health to sociology and law, students can use PolicyMap to create maps, reports, and analyses to enable a deeper understanding of crucial areas in their fields. Included at no extra cost to our subscribers are ongoing platform improvements and upgrades, continuous data updates, new and exclusive data sets added at no additional cost, and permission to hold downloaded data in perpetuity.