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SimplyAnalytics
SimplyMap enables non-technical users to quickly create professional quality thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, health and marketing data. Nearly all of the data can be exported for use with ArcGIS. *Note* to save your work, create a username and password.

Business Analyst Online
**Contact John Tougas (jtougas@gsu.edu) to access this database** Business Analyst Online is a Web-based solution that applies GIS technology to extensive demographic, consumer spending, and business data to deliver on-demand analysis, presentation-ready reports, and maps
Community Analyst
**Contact John Tougas (jtougas@gsu.edu) to access this database**
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000.

PolicyMap

An online data and mapping tool that enables government, commercial, non-profit and academic institutions to access data about communities and markets across the US. Use it for research, market studies, business planning, site selection, grant applications and impact analysis.