To provide an urban place GIS coverage of Mexico.

To provide geographically referenced population data for Mexico for conducting assessments of human interactions with the environment.

To provide time-series population data for Mexico for conducting assessments of human interactions with the environment.

To provide attribute and boundary data for Mexico for conducting assessments of human interactions with the environment.

To provide US housing and related data for demographic analysis; The samples can be extended to analysis of the whole United States for many purposes. Comparative analysis across different groups is possible using the PUMS data.