F.A.Q.

Frequently Asked Questions

CensusViewer is an online application that gives you access to the Census 2000 and Census 2010 “Summary File 1″ data from the U.S. Census Bureau. It is an excellent online tool for demographic analysis of the U.S. population. With CensusViewer you can navigate the census data from within the familiar Bing Maps interface. CensusViewer shows you the census data as colored images overlaid onto maps or satellite images from Bing Maps. With CensusViewer it is as if you can ‘see’ the Census data. You can use CensusViewer for free to visualize the data about the U.S. and individual state populations. To download census data on a block level or in easy-to-use spreadsheets you need a subscription. Subscriptions start at only $14.95 per month for unlimited access to the data.

CensusViewer Subscriptions

Here are the advantages of a subscription:

  • Download data for individual Census Blocks
  • Download spreadsheets with detailed data per city, county or political district
  • Saves your color, zoom, pan and filter settings between sessions
  • You have a license to use the data from CensusViewer in your own publications or websites with attribution
  • You have a license to use the data image layer from CensusViewer in your own publications or websites with attribution

We have tried to keep subscriptions very affordable. Here are your options:

  • Monthly: $14.95
  • Quarterly: $44.95
  • Six Months: $59.95
  • Annual: $99.00

Monthly and quarterly subscriptions automatically renew but you have the option to cancel prior to renewal. Six-month and annual subscriptions are available as automatically-renewable or non-renewable options. With a subscription you have unlimited access to hundreds of millions of census records in a powerful and intuitive user interface inside of Bing Maps.

Single User License

You can only log in to CensusViewer from one browser at a time and you should not share your login information with other people. If your login information is used from a second computer while you are logged in from a first computer then your first session is terminated. So if you had CensusViewer open in your office and you forget to log out before you go home you can still log in but your office computer will log out automatically.

Multi User License

Please contact Moonshadow Mobile if you need more than five licenses for your organization at sales@censusviewer.com.

Technical Support

We provide technical support via our online tutorials, user manual and FAQ section, and through email at support@censusviewer.com. We are trying to keep our pricing as low as possible so we do not include phone support in our low subscription fees. Phone Support is available for $65 per hour in five hour increments. Please email us at sales@censusviewer.com if you want to sign up for a phone support contract.

Proprietary Rights to the Census Data

The Census data is publicly available and provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. You can use the census data in any way allowed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Moonshadow Mobile has processed the census data so it can be downloaded easily. Subscribers are allowed to use the downloaded data from CensusViewer.com in any way that is allowed by the U.S. Census Bureau provided that you cite CensusViewer.com as the source of the data in the following way: “US Census Data provided by CensusViewer.com”

Proprietary Rights to the Maps and Images

CensusViewer creates images from the census data and projects these over maps and satellite images from Bing Maps. Microsoft and its suppliers own the proprietary rights to the maps and satellite images and you must adhere to Microsoft’s terms and policies if you want to use the images or maps. Moonshadow does not grant you any rights to use the images and maps other than as part of the CensusViewer online website. You can find Microsoft’s policies in regards to the maps and satellite images on the following page: http://explore.live.com/microsoft-service-agreement?mkt=en-us.

Moonshadow Mobile allows CenusViewer subscribers to use the CenusViewer data visualization layer provided that you cite CensusViewer.com as the source of the data in the following way:

“Data visualization provided by CensusViewer.com.”

Add Your Own Data

Moonshadow Mobile provides professional services to organizations to create custom versions of CensusViewer that can contain your own data in combination with the census data.