For those of you who have been using Landview to estimate your populations impacted by your WCS and ARS(s), you may be a tad disappointed to learn that it appears “Landview” will no longer be available with UPDATED data! “Landview 6” was the last update and it used the population data from the 2000 Census and there appear to be no plans to update to a Landview 7 with the 2010 Census data. The note posted on the Landview homepage states…
Note: At this time there are no plans to create a new Landview product using the 2010 Census data. Please see CAMEO – Marplot from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Circular Area Profiles from the Missouri Census Data Center for tools that provide some of the functionality of Landview and have more current data. If plans change regarding a new Landview product, this note will be updated.
So in order to get your population data, your best bet will be to download Marplot and use the latest census data available from the most recent Marplot update.
FROM EPA…
Population data from the 2010 Census is now available for use in MARPLOT
On April 5, 2011, the 2010 population files for Census Blocks, Block Groups, Tracts, and Counties were made available for download in MARPLOT.
Updating your Existing Population Data
If you downloaded population data in MARPLOT prior to April 5, 2011, you have one or more data files from the 2000 Census on your computer. To update these files, use the “Check for Updates” option in the MARPLOT Help menu to download new 2010 Census data files.
Note: If you’re running MARPLOT version 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.1, 4.1.1, or 4.1.2, you will need to perform a few extra steps:
After the data file download is complete, exit MARPLOT.
Browse to the location of your MARPLOT program folder (e.g., C:\Program Files\MARPLOT).
Double-click on the “reindex.bat” file, which will allow MARPLOT to recognize the newly-downloaded population files.
You can then restart MARPLOT, and the new population data should be available.
Getting New Population Data
When you download census block population files (either with a Get Population feature or using the Download Manager), they will automatically be the 2010 Census files.
If you have questions or problems, please contact CAMEO User Support at (703) 227-7650 or email the RMP Reporting Center ([email protected]).