Google Maps Mashed With Census Data

I've known about gCensus for a while but apparently so did the rest of the world, and I was never able to get the site to work. Now it appears to work fine, so you too can visit the site that allows you to view census data on Google Maps: http://www.gcensus.com/index.php .

Don't be put off by the few red dots on the national map; there's far more data available than this. Use the map like your normally would a Google Map: click and drag to the area in which you're most interested, then zoom. The red dots will refresh as you move the map around and zoom.

Now you can get data points all the way to the block level but I found them less useful. Better was the state/regional information. For example I zoomed into Indiana, where I got several data points. Click on one and you'll get the floating window with population information about that region including land area, population, number of houses, county, state, etc. Then I zoomed in a little further and got information around Indianapolis.

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