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Men’s Health magazine has published a ranked list to help readers find the cities where Americans are the saddest and where they are living with big smiles on their faces. As they note, “we aren’t shrinks, so our diagnosis is more statistical than psychological.” Editors calculated suicide rates (CDC) and unemployment rates (Bureau [...]

Men’s Health magazine has once again published rankings that include research from SimplyMap. They ranked the most (and least) educated cities in America. In addition to several other sources of data, Men’s Health editors tapped SimplyMap to find out how many households have student loans or take adult-education courses. Hint: the folks in Plano, TX [...]

Men’s Health magazine decided to crown one town America’s Most Socially Networked City, and has generated quite a buzz in the process. Their survey examined the number of Facebook and LinkedIn users per capita, followed by overall Twitter usage (NetProspex). They also looked at traffic generated by the major social networks, including [...]

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 [...]

Men’s Health continues to utilize SimplyMap to identify and rank U.S. cities. This time they are studying “sports-obsessed citizenry,” and here is how they did it:
Our stat showdown began with a tally of how many people attend baseball, basketball, and football games (college and pro), as well as who’s showing up at high-school sporting events. [...]

The Charleston Advisor, which publishes critical reviews of online resources for libraries, published a review of SimplyMap in April.  We are very pleased to have received 4 1/4 stars out of a possible 5, with a perfect 5 star rating in the pricing and contract options categories and a nod to our excellent customer service!
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Men’s Health conducted their first survey of America’s recycling habits, and used SimplyMap in their research.
Here’s how the editors explain their methodology:
To determine how well cities reuse their refuse, we started by asking them whether recycling is mandatory. Next we looked at how easy the cities make it for residents to recycle: No need to [...]

Men’s Health magazine took a look this month at where our wireless habits are most out of  control. Their methodology includes the use of SimplyMap:
First, we crunched data from SimplyMap on the percentage of households that own cellphones, as well as the percentage that own a lot of cellphones, i.e., four or more. We also [...]