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MAPPING AND DATA TOOLS

MAPPING ONLY
MAPPI NG FOR REGI ONAL CHANGE
http://mappingregionalchange.ucdavis.edu/node/16
Purpose Displays media, photos, videos, and documentaries produced
by 85 youths.
The map is titled Youth Voices in the 9-County Capital Region
Features Can filter by issue area and initiative.
Can look at media by area, initiative, or both.
Can zoom to a specific area and look at the photos and
videos.
Useful Gives a great overview of the different problems that youths
are currently facing.
Cannot upload user data.
Other categories Data can be downloaded.
Able to access additional maps and data, such as civic
involvement.

UNI CEF-GEOGRAPHI C I NFORMATI ON SYSTEM (GI S)
http://www.unicef-gis.org/
Purpose Displays stories collected by youth on a map.
Features Verified individuals can generate reports using mobile phones.
Reports are uploaded to a safe and secure website.
Can connect to social media.
Can easily update data.
Built on MIT Locast.
Can search for maps, casts and people.
Shows the areas in need of most help.
Useful Currently only works for two cities.
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The MIT Locast allows easy integration with mobile devices.
Other categories Easy to learn.
Need to register before you can upload data.

HEALTHY CI TY
http://www.healthycity.org
Purpose Fuel social change by providing data and mapping tools to
communities.
Information + action for social change.
Features Has a very comprehensive search services.
Can filter by many different levels and can search for different
categories and locations.
Can create an account and use for your own issues.
Can save as word document, print, e-mail, Facebook, and
twitter.
Can customize, draw, and create charts to create the maps
that you need.
Can connect with other people that use the tool.
Can export the data as tables and useful charts.
Can upload your own data.
Useful Extremely useful for different purposes.
Other categories Has everything you would ever want in a map, but it is
challenging to use with mobile device.

KI DSCOUNT
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/
Purpose Access hundreds of indicators, download data and create
reports and graphics on the KIDS COUNT Data Center that
support smart decisions about children and families.
Features Powerful search and filter features.
Can show data in maps, tables, line graphs, and bar graphs.
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Contains Kids State Ranking showing where kids live happiest.
Useful Very comprehensive data that can be useful for countless
research projects.
Other categories Cant upload data.
May need to contact the foundation to download data.


THE NATI ONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATI ON STATI STI CS
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/ed/index.asp
Purpose Allows the user to view maps of states and school districts, and
overlay different data from demographics, housing, race,
economics, etc.
Features Intro screen with great tutorial.
Can filter by different data.
Can export and save the data.
Can make quick comparisons.
Can choose the data format, color, and distribution.
Useful Good way to get plenty of data in one place.
Cannot upload your data.
Great for research.

FI ND YOUTH I NFO
http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/maps/map-my-community
Purpose Search by address and find federally supported youth
programs.
Features Easy to use search feature.
Easy to use filter system.
Useful Limited in features.
Can give quick overview of data.
Other categories Cant upload or download data.
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Not customizable.
QUERY CHKS
http://chks.wested.org/indicators
Purpose Generate tables, maps, graphs, and charts comparing data
among different counties, districtsand easy access to CHKS
data on student Physical Health and nutrition etc.
Features Can generate map and charts.
Shows why issues are important and the policy Implications.
Useful Great overview of different issues and generate quick charts. (If
you want detailed information this tool is not what you need).
Other categories Can easily download data in excel and word.
Cant upload data.

COMMUNI TY COMMONS
http://www.communitycommons.org/maps-data
Purpose Enrich your community work with maps and data reports that
can be shared and saved.
Features Can make maps, save, and share.
Can browse maps created by other people.
Can easily view the database.
Can easily identify potential problems in a community and build
reports.
Useful Very interactive.
Can download map and collaborate with other people.
Need to make a free account.
Other categories Highly interactive and fun to use.
Mobile version not efficient.

KI DSRI GHTS I NDEX
http://www.kidsrightsindex.org/Home.aspx
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Purpose Ranks countries of how they are doing in childrens rights based
on a developed Kidsrights index.
Features Shows slides of different Kidsrights index.
Useful Can export and download data as pdfs.
Other categories Can only view Kidsrights Index and nothing else.

COUNTY HEALTH RANKI NGS
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
Purpose County Health Rankings measure vital health factors, including
high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment,
access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income,
and teen births in nearly every county in America.
Features Great explanation of how to use the data.
Share stories within communities.
Can create maps summary reports.
Useful Great for interaction.
Can download the ranking.
Other
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Mapping and filter systems not powerful.
Very user friendly.
Can get great overview of different issues.

W. HAYWOOD-BURNS I NSTI TUTE
http://data.burnsinstitute.org/
Purpose We facilitate a collaborative environment where community
and system stakeholders strategically use data to reduce racial
and ethnic disparities.
Maps show where youths are incarcerated.
Features Great overview data on a map.
Can filter by many categories.
Provides great summary reports.
Can easily download data.
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Can play the data from 1997 to 2011 to see the changes (very
unique).
Useful Very easy to use and understand.
Data are not detailed.
Great collection of temporal data.

OPEN STREET MAP
http://www.openstreetmap.org/
Purpose Open Street Map is built by a community of mappers that
contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafs, railway
stations, and much more, all over the world.
Features Contributors use aerial imagery, GPS devices, and low-tech field
maps to verify that OSM is accurate and up to date.
Able to add layers and make comments
Useful Slightly challenging to use
Other categories Have to create account

MAPSTORY
http://mapstory.org/
Purpose Map Story is an online social cartographic platform developed
by the Map Story Foundation. Its goal is to empower the
community of experts to crowd-source and peer review data
within a geospatial and temporal framework.
The platform is built upon the Open Geo software stack.
Map Story empowers a global community to organize
knowledge about the world spatially and temporally.
With Map Story, people of all kinds turn into Storytellers who can
create, share, and collaborate on Map Story and ultimately
improve our understanding of global dynamics, worldwide, over
the course of history.
Features Lots of map layers on different topics, from nature to health and
crisis.
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Can create your own story and map layers.
Can show change over time.
Useful Interactive. Provides lots of maps.
Not sure how to access data or download map layers produce
by others.
Other categories Easy to follow guide

GOOGLE MAPS ENGI NE LI TE AND PRO
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/
Purpose Google Maps Engine Lite and Pro help you create advanced
custom maps to share with collaborators and also publish to the
web. You can visualize and map more data, like dog-friendly
hiking spots or new locations to expand your business! Import
locations from a spreadsheet, use layers to visualize different
types of content, or simply draw and add places, lines, and
shapes.
Features Can create and save maps.
Add markers, draw lines, add text, upload photos, and measure
distance.
Can import data from csv file or spreadsheet.
Can use different base maps.
Useful Very interactive and allows you a lot of control to place what
you want on the map.
Other categories Provides user guide.
DATA/TABLE ONLY SITES
KI DSDATA
http://www.kidsdata.org/
Purpose Through kidsdata.org, the foundation aims to raise the visibility
of key issues affecting California's children and make it easy for
leaders and policymakers to use data in their work, whether
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thats assessing community needs, setting priorities, tracking
progress, making program or policy decisions, preparing grant
proposals and reports, or other work.
Features Can search by topic, region, demographic.
Can customize tables.
Useful Cant upload data.
Can only depict and download data.
Other categories Can be used on a phone.
Has Facebook and Twitter integration.

CHI LDRENNOW
http://www.childrennow.org/subsites/publications/invest/scorecard10/scorecar
d10_home.htm
Purpose Tracks 26 key, interrelated indicators of children's well-being for
each of California's 58 counties
Features Can filter by different counties and compare different
categories in that county.
Useful Can download lots of data in tables.
Very useful if you want to get a quick overview of different
counties for different issues.
Not useful if you want lots of customization.
Other categories Features are limited, but itll be useful to get information thats
on the site.
You can share your stories on google group, but it hasnt been
updated in 4 years.

ASKCHI S
http://www.chis.ucla.edu/
Purpose The nation's largest state health survey and a critical source of
data on Californians as well as on the state's various racial and
ethnic groups
Features Can get data individuals health conditions, health care,
gender, race, where they live, etc.
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Useful Very good for researchers.
Highly technical.
Other categories Have to create account to download data.

CALI FORNI A HEALTHY KI DS RESOURCE CENTER
http://www.californiahealthykids.org
Purpose Access the latest health data, such as fitness test results and
California Healthy Kids Survey reports or learn more about
health topic-specific reports, research, and resource
Features Can download a lot of data, but not interactive.
Useful Researchers are probably interested in this website.
Directs you to many useful websites.

AMERI CAN FACTFI NDER
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
Purpose Access census data.
Features Find all the data from the census.
Useful This is where people want to find the most comprehensive and
detailed data.
Other categories Difficult to use.

CALI FORNI A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATI ON
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/dataquest.asp
Purpose DataQuest is a dynamic system that provides reports about
Californias schools and school districts. It contains a wide
variety of information including school performance indicators,
student and staff demographics, expulsion, suspension, and
truancy information and a variety of test results. Data are
presented so that users can easily compare schools, districts
and counties.
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Features This should be the first place you visit to get the most current
and trusted data about education in CA.
Not really interactive but the data is good.
Able to select level to view (state, district, county, etc.).
Can sort by race and ethnicity. Sort by years.
Useful Useful to get detailed information, similar to census.
Not very interactive, just select data you want to view.
Useful for researchers and lots of detailed data.
Other categories Can export some tables, but not all.

OVERWEI GHT AND OBESI TY AMONG CHI LDREN
http://cbsla.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/patchworkcities6-4-12.pdf
Purpose Report on Overweight and Obesity among Children by
California Cities 2010 Data from the 2010 California Physical
Fitness Test (PFT) was vital in the development of this report. The
Fitnessgram data, mandated by the State, provides a snapshot
of the physical fitness of students and provides the Body Mass
Index (BMI) information used to compute obesity and
overweight figures in this study
Features Provides table displaying city, county and percent
obese/overweight from 2010
Useful Not very useful except for specific info stated above.
Other categories In report, pdf, format.

CALI FORNI A VI TAL STATI STI CS
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/statistics/Pages/BirthandDeathProfilesbyZIPCode
.aspx
Purpose Find birth and death rate by zip code.
Features Very unique source of data.
Useful Limited use for the data.

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVI CES ADMI NI STRATI ON
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/statesList.cfm#CA
Purpose Data about drug use and mental health in the US.
Features Very comprehensive data for each State.
Useful Not interactive.
Useful for researchers.

CHI LD WELFARE DYNAMI C REPORT SYSTEM
http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare/
Purpose Provides policymakers, child welfare workers, researchers, and
the public with direct access to customizable information on
Californias entire child welfare system
Features Very comprehensive data.
Can filter by many different issues.
Useful Very useful if you want very good data in table formats and
charts.
Contains a great tutorial.
Other categories Not interactive.
Cannot upload data.

CENTERS FOR DI SEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTI ON
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm
Purpose Monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the
leading causes of death and disability among youth and
adults
Features Good data that are downloadable in many different formats.
Has good overview fact sheets.
Useful Very good for researchers.
Other categories Not interactive.
Cannot upload data.
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CHI LD TRENDS
http://www.childtrends.org/positiveindicators
Purpose Nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that provides valuable
information and insights on the well-being of children and
youth
Features Very useful to get lots of data in one place.
Good place for research.
Useful Very good place for researchers and people who want lots of
data in one place. Lots of good reports.
Other categories Can download pdfs of charts and reports.

HEALTH PROFI LES
http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/health-profiles/Pages/default.aspx
Purpose Prove quick and easy access to the most commonly requested
health indicators from the California Health Interview Survey.
Features Quick overviews of CHIS data.
Useful Not very detailed and difficult to figure out where to get the
data.

CALI FORNI A ADOLESCENT HEALTH
http://www.californiateenhealth.org/data-set-and-guide-download
Purpose Works to increase understanding and support of adolescent
health and well-being in California
Features Many great tools in addition to good data.
Useful Not really interactive but good data in excel format and pdf
summaries.