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How To: View MySidewalk Data Source Information
Find out where we get the mySidewalk data and how you can site it
Written by Jennifer Funk
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How To: Use Tags to Manage Your User Data
Learn how adding tags to uploaded data helps you manage your user data by making it easier to sort, find, and update individual datasets.
Written by Dana Greiner
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How To: Navigate Your User Layer Library
Learn how to make a user layer from your own data and expand the possibilities of your layer library.
Written by Sydney Paulak
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mySidewalk Data
Data Sources in mySidewalk
The data sources available in the mySidewalk data library, organized by update month and frequency.
Written by Sarah Byrd
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The Decennial Census 2020
Updates from the mySidewalk team regarding 2020 Decennial Census data and redistricted legislative districts.
Written by Drew Stiehl
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American Community Survey (ACS) Estimates
US Census Bureau
Written by Sarah Byrd
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Understanding MySidewalk Data: 5-Year Estimates versus 1-Year Estimates
Learn about mySidewalk's datasets from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates and 1-year Estimates.
Written by Sarah Byrd
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Historical Census Data in mySidewalk
Learn how mySidewalk works with historic Census data.
Written by Drew Stiehl
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Census Projections in mySidewalk
Learn about the methodology used by the mySidewalk to create projected values for select Census data indicators.
Written by Drew Stiehl
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Getting data into Modern and/or Custom Geographic Boundaries
Apportionment & Harmonization: How mySidewalk gets data into modern boundaries and data from the library into your custom boundaries.
Written by Drew Stiehl
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What Is Normalization and When Should I Normalize?
Learn about data normalization and how - and when - you should use it to better communicate your data.
Written by Jennifer Funk
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Keep Data Current in components
When you want current data to update automatically in your components
Written by Anna
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Upload
Getting Started: Add my data to mySidewalk
How to get started adding your own data to mySidewalk
Written by Anna
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Prepare my data for upload
File formats, examples and strategies for uploading your own data with geography, time and totals
Written by Anna
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What File Types Can I Use to Upload My User Data?
Learn the file and geometry formats you can use to upload your own layers to the mySidewalk Platform.
Written by Sarah Byrd
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Assign a mySidewalk geography (georeference) to my data
How to add your own data to mySidewalk using a pre-defined geography
Written by Anna
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Auto-assign geographies in a data upload
Learn how to upload data and georeference it using our auto-matching tool (and GeoID or S-H-ID, a mySidewalk unique identifier)
Written by Anna
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Georeference a single geography
Step by step walkthrough of using the georeferencing feature when you want to use a single geography and how this uses time
Written by Anna
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Upload My Data with custom geography to mySidewalk
Learn how to upload your own data with a custom geography in mySidewalk
Written by Anna
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Step by Step: Georeference Tutorial
Learn to link MyData to MySidewalk geographic data and use the findings to create a map and callout
Written by Anna
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Step by Step: Load Data with Time
Step by step walkthrough of using the upload feature when you want to make sure time is represented
Written by Anna
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Step by Step: GeoReference Tutorial for a Correlation
Step by Step walkthrough where you can create an example that correlates your Data with mySidewalk Data.
Written by Anna
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Formatting Data in Visualizations
Learn the different formats (ways) you can display data on visualizations
Written by Anna
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Loading Addresses into mySidewalk
Learn how to geocode addresses so they can be uploaded into mySidewalk as points.
Written by Anna
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Troubleshooting: Common Upload Errors and Solutions
Learning how to fix common errors in the upload process.
Written by Sarah Byrd
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