Data Resources for Community Needs Assessment: Maps

COMMUNITY NEEDS

LIBRARY RESOURCES

Maps

Finding Maps in the Library

Wall maps from the NYC Department of Planning:
2 large maps are posted in the Interlibrary Loan Office window, First floor of the Library.

New York: A City of Neighborhoods [BROOKLYN Wall Map, color]
The 1990 Census Tracts [BROOKLYN Wall Map, black/white]

Supplementary maps (less detailed than the wall maps) may be found in these sources:

Community District Needs
Demographic Profiles: A Portrait of New York
New York City Community Health Atlas

Online Brooklyn maps

Census Maps on the Internet

The Electronic Map Library (http://geogdata.csun.edu/library.html)
A "must-see" online map collection. For New York City, each one of these topics is represented on a series of maps: Population and Race; Ancestry; Income and Poverty; Adult Educational Attainment; Household Types; and Commuters. All NYC Boroughs are clearly labeled.

Tiger Mapping Service (http://tiger.census.gov/)
From the Tiger home page, you can find community-specific data two ways. 1) Use the 1990 Census Lookup (you must have Census Tract numbers) 2) Use the U. S. Gazetteer (you must have Zip Code).
The Census Lookup displays data in tables; the Gazetteer produces maps (you can cross-link to tables).

Creating your own neighborhood maps

The miningco.com (http://geography.miningco.com)
Lists links to map-generating programs, including MapsOnUs and MapQuest: Find A Map
Enter an address and produce a map of the surrounding neighborhood.

Etak Geocoding (http://www.geocode.com/)
This commercial service utilizes postal and census information to "track" you to an address and its associated census tract and block group numbers. Frm the Etak opening page, use the
Eagle Geocoding link to get to the search form.

Both Alta Vista (http://www.altavista.com) and Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com)
Home pages contain a link called Maps. Click on this link to use their map software.

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   Overview of Library Resources
   Print Data Sources: NYC
   Print Data Sources: NYS
   Internet Data Sources Links
   Addresses and Zip Codes
   Agencies and Services
   Maps
   Understanding Community Boundaries