The Connecticut State Data Center (CtSDC) and the University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC) continue to expand upon our web resources to include more data, GIS datasets, interactive maps, historical maps, and aerial photography. During the month of September 2012, most web products experienced an increase in usage, when compared to the same time period one year prior, and the number of inquiries received continues to rise, including the amount of time devoted to each question. Included below are highlights from September 2012 which focuses on five main areas: User Inquiries, Web Content Views, Trends in Webpage Usage, Trends in Keywords, and Projects in Progress.

	Total Inquiries	Monthly Change vs. 2011	YTD Inquiries for 2012	YTD Change vs. 2011
Connecticut State Data Center	210	99%	1,347	100%
MAGIC	254	116%	1,360	156%
Total	464	149%	2,707	124%

Web Resource	Unique Views	Monthly Change vs. 2011	YTD Unique Views for 2012	YTD Change vs. 2011
Connecticut State Data Center	1,570	19%	13,798	14%
MAGIC 2.0 Online Maps	454	-22%	4,517	-46%
MAGIC  Flickr Collections	36,648	110%	310,858	59%
MAGIC News Blog (Retired)	37	95%	330	28%
MAGIC Website	11,553	-1%	111,089	12%
Outside the Neatline Blog	787	-27%	7,728	12%
Total*	51,049	59%	448,334	39%

Web Resource	Total Views	Monthly Change vs. 2011	YTD Total Views for 2012	YTD Change vs. 2011
Connecticut State Data Center	2,150	9%	20,113	10%
MAGIC 2.0 Online Maps	4,051	-19%	38,421	-53%
MAGIC  Flickr Collections	36,648	110%	310,858	59%
MAGIC News Blog (Retired)	51	132%	468	54%
MAGIC Website	17,497	-3%	173,749	13%
Outside the Neatline Blog	1,128	-25%	10,583	13%
Total*	61,525	40%	554,206	21%

Page	Total Views
Connecticut State Data Center Homepage	526
Connecticut Census Data	514
Population Projections	275
2000-2010 Census Town Data Viewer	224
Connecticut Maps	117

Page	Total Views
MAGIC Homepage	3,619
Connecticut GIS Data	3,053
1934 Aerial Photography Mashup	1,087
Working with SID Files	1,043
Aerial Photography Indexes	853

Page	Total Views
Chicago Worlds Fair	99
Raster vs Vector	91
Map of the Week Hartford 1640	83
Outside the Neatline Homepage	78
2010 Urban Areas Release	58

Keyword

Weston, CT

Suffield

Keyword

uconn map

beers

birds eye willimantic

fairfield

GIS Day

V. Projects in Progress – September 2012
Each month the students and staff at MAGIC and the Connecticut State Data Center are working on a series of projects, tasks, data sets, and resources which users typically don’t know about until we add the resource to our website. Included below is a list of projects that are currently underway which will be completed in the coming months and made available in their final forms via our websites.

• Connecticut Population Projections 2015-2025 – Additional scripting and development for the upcoming release of the population projections for Connecticut at the State, County, Regional Planning Agency, and Town levels has prepared the projections for review. During the review phase of these projections, examination of the data provided an opportunity to revised the scripts to enable future updates as new data is provided, and the ability to provide custom cohorts (upon request) and multiple formats for the final data. The projections will be released in October 2012 and this project is still underway and the public is able to view a preliminary version (population estimates are subject to change and revised methodology will be utilized for the final release). View the preliminary projections and the interactive data interface at: http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/projections.html
• Data Visualization – The Connecticut State Data Center has developed a series of data visualizations using Tableau Public. The visualizations include national, town, and census tract based examples which can be viewed at: http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/dataviz/
• Slavery Ship Logs Mapping Project – MAGIC and the Connecticut State Library are collaborating to map out the ship logs from 1757-1758 between New London, CT and West Africa. This project involves transcribing the log books into a spreadsheet which can be used to create a map of the voyages. A few samples of the logs are available from the Connecticut State Library website at: http://www.cslib.org/slaverlog.htm
• Bridgeport and Waterbury Historical Mapping Project – Two interns at MAGIC this semester are georeferencing scans of historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from Yale University for Bridgeport and Waterbury. These maps will be used to help map out data from the 1920s census for Waterbury and to examine census data in Bridgeport.
• ACS 2011 – 1 Year Estimates – Connecticut State Data Center is in the process of creating downloadable datasets for the 2011 ACS 1 Year estimates datasets. The datasets will include spreadsheet and geodatabase files for state, county, congressional districts, and the 8 largest towns in Connecticut and will be made available to the public once completed via the Connecticut State Data Center website at: http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/connecticut_census_data.html

Each month we will be posting a “Month in Review” article so check back next month to see the latest information on usage trends at MAGIC and the Connecticut State Data Center.