SOFTWARE REVIEWS

ATLAS*GRAPHICS (Version 3.0). Auto CAD (Release 9.0 with ADE+1, ADE+2 and ADE+3). Auto Sketch (Speed Enhanced Version 1.02). NUMERICAL RECIPES FORTRAN. Numerical Recipes Software SCIPLOT .     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

ANOTA–Analysis of Tables (Version 3.0) askSam (Version 4.1). ATLAS DRAW. CRUNCH (Version 3.1). THE MAP COLLECTION (Educational Version 1.25).     

A Franco-American Geographical Encounter

ATLAS?GRAPHICS (Version 3.0).

AutoCAD (Release 9.0 with ADE+1, ADE+2 and ADE+3).

AutoSketch (Speed Enhanced Version 1.02).

NUMERICAL RECIPES FORTRAN. Numerical Recipes Software

SCIPLOT.     

REVIEWS OF GEOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Geographic Software Reviewed in this article: LIFE TABLES and the LESLIE MATRIX. CONDUIT MENTMAP2 . Lawrence W. Carstensen Jr . PC-MATLAB , Version 1.0. The Math Works, Inc. QUICKMAP , version 1.0. Sammamish Data Systems, Inc. SYSTAT: THE SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS , Version 2.1, Systat Inc. USA DISPLAY . Instant Tecall     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

THE BENCHMARK SYSTEM , Version 5.6. Get-A-Ref , Version 4.2. MapInfo , Version 3.0. OSU MAP-for-the-PC , OSU MAP-for-the-PC, Version 3.0. Duane F. Marble, Jay Sandhu, and others Spatial Regression Analysis on the PC , Version 1.0. Daniel A. Griffith     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Software Reviews are in this Article CCS Designer Version 3.0. CoStat Version 3.03; CoPlot Version 1.03, and CoDraw Version 1.03. LASERCAD Version 5.0. 1988. SPSS/PC + Studentware. 1988. SURVEY SYSTEM 1.1C , Version 3.0. THEMAPS Version 1.0.     

THE GEOGRAPHY OF MASTODON EXTINCTION

Geographic Software Reviewed in this article:

LIFE TABLES and the LESLIE MATRIX. CONDUIT

MENTMAP2. Lawrence W. Carstensen Jr.

PC-MATLAB, Version 1.0. The Math Works, Inc.

QUICKMAP, version 1.0. Sammamish Data Systems, Inc.

SYSTAT: THE SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS, Version 2.1, Systat Inc.

USA DISPLAY. Instant Tecall     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

software reviews are in this article BMDP/PC CONCEPTS COMPUTERIZED ATLAS EVALUATION OF ALTERNATE PROPOSALS (EAP) EXTRA: EXPRESS TRANSIT ANALYSIS MATC CAD MOTORS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE PCMAP: Thematic Mapping Software for the IBM Personal Computer, Version 2.3 PLACE TRANPLAN . US-ATLAS     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Software Reviews are in this Article Beagle Graphics. Mark Simonsen IDRISI , Version 2.24. 1988. Population Pyramids , Version 1.0. 1986. TurboCAD , Version 1.52. 1988.     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Electromap World Atlas , Version 1.1. Interactive Population Statistical System , Version 1.0. Jerry W. Wicks and Jose Luiz Pereira de Almeida MATHCAD , Version 2.5. Memory Mate. Micro DEM +, Version 5.21. Peter Guth NCSS – Number Cruncher Statistical System , Version 5.02. Dr. Jerry L. Hintze     

REVIEWS OF GEOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Geographic Software Reviewed in this article: ATLAS AMP. CONTUR GOLDEN SOFTWARE MAPPING PACKAGE SAMP. G. Nigel Gilbert     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

GISTutor (GIST!) – The Geographical Information Systems Tutor , Version 1.03. IDRISI , Version 3.1. Minitab DOS , Release 7.2. SL-MICRO, Statistical Language for Microcomputer. 1989. StatXact , Beta Test, Version 1.0. 1989.     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Graphical Aids for Stochastic Processes. Bob Fisch and David Griffeath, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole LANDSAT , Version 4.3. macGIS, Version 0.95. 1989. Simulating Central Place Structures (Version 1.0). Daniel A. Griffith STRUCTURE V4.0. Ronald Burt     

Promoting Local Growth: Process,Practice, and Policy

Electromap World Atlas, Version 1.1.

Interactive Population Statistical System, Version 1.0. Jerry W. Wicks and Jose Luiz Pereira de Almeida

MATHCAD, Version 2.5.

Memory Mate.

Micro DEM+, Version 5.21. Peter Guth

NCSS – Number Cruncher Statistical System, Version 5.02. Dr. Jerry L. Hintze     

Australian ‘gayborhoods’ and ‘lesborhoods’: a new method for estimating the number and prevalence of adult gay men and lesbian women living in each Australian postcode

ABSTRACT

Gay men and lesbian women often demonstrate unique settlement patterns, forming what have been referred to as ‘gayborhoods’. This study sought to provide the first postcode-level estimates of population size and prevalence of gay and lesbian people in Australia. Data on same-gender-partnered households from the Australian Census were combined with information from six different surveys conducted from 2011 to 2017. We estimated that in 2016 there were 132,203 gay men (1.5% of adult males; 95% CI: 1.4–1.6) and 79,931 lesbian women (0.9% of adult females; 95% CI: 0.8–1.0) in Australia. While many postcodes were sparsely populated by gay and lesbian people (40.1% had prevalences of <0.1%), 24.6% were moderately populated (prevalences in the 50-95th percentile) and 2.7% were highly populated (95th percentile). By jurisdiction, the Australian Capital Territory had the highest prevalences of gay men (2.1%; 95% CI: 2.0–2.2) and lesbian women (1.5%; 95% CI: 1.4–1.6). Although the majority of highly populated postcodes were found in major cities (83.7%), some were also found in regional and remote area (16.3%). This method can be applied in other countries to enhance populate estimates. The accompanying dataset can be used to guide service delivery, conduct geographically contextualised research and develop policies relevant to gay men and lesbian women in Australia.     

REVIEWS OF GEOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Reviews of geographic software in this article: ADD A STAT, Version 2.0 MULTIFIT, Version 2.0 CITY AND COUNTY DATA BOOK, 1983 Files on Diskettes. FUTPOP. CPSS/PC, Version 2. SOURCE ZIP and SOURCE TRACT STATPLAN 111 ySTAT.     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Data Desk 3.0 1990 . GISTARS. 1990 . Wayne L. Myers, Codirector Microcase Analysis System , Version 2.1, 1990. PAMAP , Version 2.22. US-GEO-GRAPHICS, Version CGA, EGA. 1987.     

Gen*: a generic toolkit to generate spatially explicit synthetic populations

Agent-based models tend to integrate more and more data that can deeply impact their outcomes. Among these data, the ones that deal with agent attributes and localization are particularly important, but are very difficult to collect. In order to tackle this issue, we propose a complete generic toolkit called Gen* dedicated to generating spatially explicit synthetic populations from global (census and GIS) data. This article focuses on the localization methods provided by Gen* that are based on regression, geometrical constraints and spatial distributions. The toolkit is applied for a case study concerning the generation of the population of Rouen (France) and shows the capabilities of Gen* regarding population spatialization.     

The 'New Look' of 'The University Atlas'

Book reviewed in this article:
THE UNIVERSITY ATLAS. Edited by Harold Fullard and H. C. Darby     

Incorporating GIS Building Data and Census Housing Statistics for Sub-Block-Level Population Estimation

This article presents a deterministic model for sub-block-level population estimation based on the total building volumes derived from geographic information system (GIS) building data and three census block-level housing statistics. To assess the model, we generated artificial blocks by aggregating census block areas and calculating the respective housing statistics. We then applied the model to estimate populations for sub-artificial-block areas and assessed the estimates with census populations of the areas. Our analyses indicate that the average percent error of population estimation for sub-artificial-block areas is comparable to those for sub-census-block areas of the same size relative to associated blocks. The smaller the sub-block-level areas, the higher the population estimation errors. For example, the average percent error for residential areas is approximately 0.11 percent for 100 percent block areas and 35 percent for 5 percent block areas.