# Presentation: 091675

## On The Map v.2.0

- 2007 Development Overview
- John Carpenter – Excensus LLC

## On The Map (OTM) 2007 Plan

- Building a National Frame
- Data Updates and Additions
- Improved Application Usability
- Expanded search and navigation
- More precise mapping of workforce data to user-selected geographies
- Report improvements
- Faster and more reliable processing
- More documentation and help screens
- Schedule

## Building a National Frame

- Nov. 2006 – 17 OTM Pilot States

## Building a National Frame

- July 2007 (34 states) + Sep. 2007 (up to 10 more to be named*)

- * States in regular QWI production by June 1, 2007

## Data Updates and Improvements

- Up to 44 States
- 3 consecutive years of Employment History
- 2004 update and retrofitted 2002 and 2003 data
- Improved OD data and report files:
- Cross-state patterns (labor shed side -- where workers live)
- Profiles covering all four employment types
- Fewer default locations
- Consistent disclosure proofing methodology for OD _and_ QWI report data

## Data Updates and Improvements

- Newly updated TIGER 2005 base map geographies and ETA regions/service locations.
- Expanded set of selectable geographies:
- _Current_: Counties, metro areas, cities (places), county subdivisions, census block groups, zip codes, WIB areas, economic development regions, and military bases.
- _New_: States, 109th Congressional districts, Wired Regions, Virtual Communities, tribal lands, census tracts.

## Usability Improvements

- Expanded search and navigation tools:
- _Place name lookup_:
- National coverage (states, counties and cities)
- Expanded lookup list - adding Congressional districts, Wired Regions, economic development regions, WIB areas, and military bases
- _Navigation tools_:
- More responsive zoom in/out
- New “back” button to return to previous map view

## Usability Improvements

- More precise mapping of workforce data to user-selected geographies *(pending DRB review)*
- Layer selects mapped and profiled using smaller census “blocks” rather than “block groups”
- Applies to Congressional Districts, cities, county subdivisions, military bases, and zip code areas.
- Also used for line buffer, circle, and concentric circles selections.

## Geographic Area Matching

- City of Greenville, AL
- Greenville defined using Census Block Groups
- Greenville defined using Census Blocks

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## Usability Improvements

- Report improvements:
- _More history_ - All standard reports display three years of data and highlight the user-selected year.
- _More consistency_ - Reports show employment counts based on the same employment “type” selected by the user and displayed on the map.
- _More consistency_ - QWI and OD report employment counts more closely match due to more consistent disclosure proofing methodologies.

## Usability Improvements

- Report improvements:
- _More complete lists_ - Shed reports include the Top 10 counties and cities.  Labor shed report will also include top 10 states (cross-state patterns).
- _Report Titles_ – Report headers display the selected geographic feature(s) by name, e.g., “Lake County.”  Freehand areas are reported as “User Defined.”
- _Documentation_ – definitions, sources and links to technical resources.

## Usability Improvements

- Faster and more reliable processing
- _Pre-processed workforce data_ –more extensive use of pre-aggregated data in both maps and reports.
- _Simplified map layer boundaries_ -- Complex, coastal geographies (cities, counties and state borders) are simplified to improve map rendering and report generation.  Map detail, as seen by the user, is not affected.
- Smaller processed files mean fewer mapping and report time-outs.

## Simplified Map Boundaries

- City of Miami, FL

- OTM v.1

- OTM v.2

## Schedule

- Rollout of State in 4 Groups
_**Tier I**_: (March - 3 states) AL, GA and NC
_**Tier II**_: (May - 14 states) Rest of the OTM pilot states.
_**Tier III**_: (July – 17 states) AR, DE, HI, IN, KS, KY, ME, MD, 	MT, NV, NJ, NM, SC, TN, VT, WV and WI.
_**Tier IV**_: (Sept. – Up to 10 states) To be determined.
- Application upgrades:
- Map and report upgrades (March)
- Usability improvements (March through Sept.)