I guess a coding dinosaur is someone who uses an old/legacy computer language, or at least a language that isn’t en vogue these days. Coding dinosaurs are still around (and probably will be for a while), whereas the real dinosaurs that lived millions o…
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Map of idioms, from around the world
An idiom is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, “don’t cry over spilled milk,” or “the cat is out of the bag.” Idioms are fun to use, and fun to hear – don’t you agree? And […]
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How to add rivers and lakes to your SAS maps
Water is in the news more & more lately – people seem to either have too much, or too little, at any given time. Therefore being able to plot rivers and lakes on a map could be a very useful skill to add to your graphical bag of tricks. A few […]
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Creating maps with a zoomed inset, in SAS
While attending SAS Global Forum, a user asked me about creating a map with a zoomed inset map. This is a topic many users might be interested in, so I decided to create an example and share it. But first, I had to decide which map to use. I thought [….
Feeding the hungry, after a flood
In the aftermath of a natural disaster, most people want to help by donating supplies, money, etc. And then it becomes a matter of logistics – getting all those donations to the people who need them. We recently had several days of rain and flooding in…
Your mapping toolkit tip #6 – Geocoding your addresses
You’ve got a database containing the addresses of all your customers … but how can you plot them on a map or analyze them spatially? First, you’ll need to convert the address into a numeric coordinate (latitude & longitude). SAS can do that … with Proc Geocode! But before we […]
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People using smartphones while driving – the numbers are in!
You’re sitting in a line of cars at the intersection, waiting for the light to change – when it finally turns green, the 2nd car just sits there for several seconds until someone honks at them, and then they scoot through the light … but everyone behind them has to […]
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Your mapping toolkit tip #5 – determine which sales region your customers are in
A new prospective customer enters their personal information on your web page, and they want to have a sales rep contact them … but you need to know which sales region they’re in, so you can assign them to a sales team. Now, multiply that by thousand…