During Census 2000, the mail participation rate was 72 percent as of the April 2000 cut-off. About $85 million is saved for every one percent increase in mail participation. For these and many other reasons, we encourage everyone to participate in the 2010 Census.

The 2010 Census “Take10″ campaign includes an interactive map that allows you to see your current participation rates at state, county, and local levels and to compare them to your Census 2000 rates of participation. In support of the Census Take10 effort, Innovation Landscape in partnership with Google has built a Google Earth version of the participation map for use by the media and public.

We invite you to explore our map, link to it, and embed it in your website to help encourage maximum participation in the Take10 campaign.

Get Started

Follow these simple steps to get started:

1. Download and Install Google Earth 5 if you haven’t already from http://earth.google.com
2. Create a starter query at the Maplify YouTube Map Search Page
3. Get your Google Earth network link by clicking the ‘Get Google Earth File’ button
4. Open the network link in Google Earth and browse away

To change your keywords in Google Earth, just click on the ‘Maplify YouTube Query Control’ link in your Google Earth places menu, update your keywords, and move the map to refresh the query.

When moving the map, the YouTube layer will update roughly 5 seconds after you’ve stopped moving or zooming.