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 October 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 October 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	179	90%	1,702	98%
MAGIC	342	213%	1,526	165%
Total	521	157%	3,228	129%

Web Resource	Unique Views	Monthly Change vs. 2011	YTD Unique Views for 2012	YTD Change vs. 2011
Connecticut State Data Center	1,723	23%	15,521	15%
MAGIC 2.0 Online Maps	483	-18%	5,000	-44%
MAGIC  Flickr Collections	21,988	51%	332,846	59%
MAGIC News Blog (Retired)	40	54%	370	31%
MAGIC Website	15,899	34%	126,998	15%
Outside the Neatline Blog	1,606	-13%	9,334	12%
Total*	41,739	40%	490,073	39%

Web Resource	Total Views	Monthly Change vs. 2011	YTD Total Views for 2012	YTD Change vs. 2011
Connecticut State Data Center	2,330	11%	22,443	10%
MAGIC 2.0 Online Maps	4,130	-32%	42,551	-51%
MAGIC  Flickr Collections	21,988	51%	332,846	59%
MAGIC News Blog (Retired)	66	83%	534	58%
MAGIC Website	23,351	25%	197,100	14%
Outside the Neatline Blog	2,139	18%	12,722	13%
Total*	54,004	25%	608,210	21%

Page	Total Views
Connecticut Census Data	623
Connecticut State Data Center Homepage	600
Population Projections	292
2000-2010 Census Town Data Viewer	179
Data Visualizations	107

Page	Total Views
MAGIC Homepage	4,171
Connecticut GIS Data	3,708
1934 Aerial Photography Mashup	3,183
Working with SID Files	1,216
Topographic Maps	1,087

Page	Total Views
East Coast Power Outage Maps	509
Raster vs Vector	214
Outside the Neatline Homepage	114
Older Population to Exceed Children in Most World Regions by 2050	99
Chicago Worlds Fair	82

Keyword

East Hartford

Keyword

Stratford

land use

Bridgeport

campus map

Colchester Connecticut

V. Projects in Progress – October 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 – The population projections were completed during the month of October and are being released on November 1, 2012 to include data visualizations, downloadable datasets, in-depth methodology description, and a summary report are being created for individual towns which will be added to the site in the coming months.View the preliminary projections and the interactive data interface at: http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/projections.html
• Data Visualization – The Connecticut State Data Center has added additional data visualizations which include census tract, town, regional planning organization, and other geographies to visualize census data from the American Community Survey (ACS). View the latest visualizations at: http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/dataviz/
• 2012 Aerial Photography for Connecticut – We are in the process of receiving the 2012 Aerial Photography for Connecticut and in the coming months this data will be made available via MAGIC and CT ECO. Once all the data is received, a downloadable index of aerial photography images will be included on MAGIC’s website and a map service will be added to CT ECO thanks to the efforts of the CT DEEP and CLEAR.
• Slavery Ship Logs Mapping Project – Work continues on trascribing ship logs from 1757-1758 as part of a collaborative project between MAGIC and the Connecticut State Library. 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 in the process of 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. Samples of the Bridgeport project are included on a poster which is on display at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, CT for Geography Awarness Month/GIS Day.
• ACS 2011 – 1 Year Estimates – Connecticut State Data Center has processed and added downloadable data for the 2011 ACS 1 Year estimates datasets. The datasets will include spreadsheet, codebooks, and geodatabase files for state, county, congressional districts, unified school districts, and the 8 largest towns in Connecticut and are available for download from the Connecticut State Data Center website at: http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/connecticut_census_data.html
• ACS 2011 – 3 Year Estimates – Connecticut State Data Center is in the process of creating downloadable datasets for the 2011 ACS 3 Year estimates datasets. The datasets will include spreadsheet and geodatabase files for state, county, congressional districts, and the 54 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
• Connecticut State Data Center website enhancements – This past month the Connecticut Census Data page (http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/connecticut_census_data.html) was revised to include direct links to the Data Codebooks for the American Community Survey (ACS) and Decennial Census data. This enables users to quickly determine which table includes the data they need while also enabling both spreadsheet and geodatabase users to have quick access to the complete listing of data and tables available for download for Connecticut.

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.