Geographic Research, Inc.

The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference is coming and the GRI team is gearing up for another great event this summer. We will be in Washington, D.C. again this year, June 25 - 28 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Stop by booth 1230 to say hello - it is a great opportunity [...]

We will be exhibiting at the 2010 SLA Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO June 13-15 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA.

Join us at booth 1537 - bring your questions and comments, or view a demo of SimplyMap - we look forward to seeing you there!

The GRI team was honored to learn that SimplyMap was included in this year’s Choice Outstanding Academic Title List, published in the January 2010 issue of Choice Magazine. This is a great follow up to the magazine’s December 2009 review of SimplyMap, which bestowed an “Essential” rating on the product.
This year’s Outstanding Academic Title list [...]

The GRI team will be exhibiting at the 2010 Public Library Association conference later this month at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR.
The PLA National Conference is the premier professional development event for public librarians, public library workers, trustees, Friends, library vendors, and others with an interest in public libraries. PLA [...]

Come visit the Geographic Research booth at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference, February 24-27, 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The Ontario Library Association is Canada’s largest library organization and OLA’s Super Conference is Canada’s largest continuing education event in librarianship, with the country’s largest library tradeshow.
GRI will be exhibiting in booth T14. Stop [...]

Skokie Public Library, in Skokie, IL has published a useful overview of SimplyMap on the Mike’s Space blog on SkokieNet. The article is filled with examples of research questions that can be easily analyzed, answered, and presented with SimplyMap, such as ranking ZIP codes in Chicago with the highest percentage of new car owners, foreign [...]

ALA’s Choice Magazine, publisher of independent reviews of products and services for academic libraries, released a new review of SimplyMap in the December 2009 edition.
The reviewer, Carol E. Smith from the University of Central Missouri writes, “SimplyMap is an outstanding online subscription service that eliminates these significant technical hurdles [of GIS software] for the average [...]

The ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting will be held on January 15-19, 2010 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (Note that this is not the Hynes Convention Center). Geographic Research, Inc. will be at booth 2168 - stop by and visit us with your questions, for the latest updates on new features, and a demonstration of [...]

Legal Information Alert, a monthly newsletter covering what’s new in legal publications, databases and research techniques, published a review of SimplyMap in their April 2009 issue titled, “SimplyMap: A Simple Solution for Complex Statistics.”
The review was written by Sonnet Erin Brown, Head of Federal Documents at the Earl K. Long Library at the University of [...]

SimplyMap was highlighted in the Wake County, NC Public Library Business Blog today as a valuable tool for business planning. Wake County has access to SimplyMap through NC LIVE, a statewide collaborative supported by the North Carolina General Assembly through funding from its Communities of Interest.
For those seeking assistance in answering business questions with SimplyMap, [...]