The City of New York (NY) has updated its online GIS tool with new data layers and mapping features. NYCityMap2.0 offers information about city services, building and property ownership, neighborhood health profiles and the location of schools and transportation hubs. New layers in the updated version include commuter rail lines and stations. Users can now access their search history, measure distance, and save and export their maps. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications built the site using free open source software. Link to full story in Government Technology.
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ZoomProspector is another great site you can use that will give you a bird’s-eye view of available commercial properties along with demographics and quick statistics of cities and communities.
Here is BusinessWeek’s list of the top 50 cities to start a business:
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/03/0327_smallcity_startups/index.htm
They used ZoomProspector data to determine this list– here is the top 50 cities page on ZoomProspector:
http://news.zoomprospector.com/businessweek-best-mid-sized-cities-in-each-state-for-starting-a-business
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