Municipal Boundaries Final update for 2022 (4 min)

It is the end of another long year and, ready or not, 2023 is here. It was another year of growth for the state which has slowed down some. The top contributors were Utah and Cache County once again w

Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates (1 min)

UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our data page where you will find information about the Roads data model, as well as direct download links to the SGID Ro

Python Shorts: Loading an Open SGID Layer into pandas (3 min)

There are a you can access data from the Open SGID. However, these all require some form of desktop client application. What if you want programmatic access to our spatial data? Because the Open SGID

Aggregating and Analyzing Point Data with H3 Hexes and Pandas (10 min)

I recently discovered Uber's open-source while working on a project with a lot of point data. This is a great tool for aggregating points into regularly-sized polygon geometries so that you can map a

Introducing Masquerade (2 min)

Masquerade is a new proxy service hosted by UGRC that makes and Open SGID datasets easily accessible in Esri products. It does this by impersonating an Esri locator service. You should be able to use

Is Your Home Close Enough to the Nearest Fire Station? (3 min)

Living close to a fire station can be noisy, but on the other hand, not living close enough can result in delayed, or even worse, inadequate fire service. The (NFPA) recommends a total response time

Python Shorts: The Benefits of Unit Testing (6 min)

In the realm of programming, "unit testing" is an automated way of testing small, individual "units" of your code to ensure that when given a specific set of inputs they return a specific set of outpu

Python Shorts: Flattening Arrow Code (5 min)

"Arrow Code" refers to a series of nested statements that increase your indentation level at each statement, creating an arrow of whitespace when the s are mirrored by accompanying blocks.While arro

Weaving the Fabric - Building Authoritative Geospatial Datasets through Collaboration, Relationships, and Data Standards (6 min)

Many Hands Make Light WorkIt’s been said that it took about humans to build the Pyramids of Giza and a to build the Panama Canal. Prior to the internet, large-scale collaboration is generally though