How to get the most from InstantAtlas Desktop

Andrea Kirk| Support Consultant

Taylor the design and functionality to meet the needs of your audience:

•What kind of charts? •Explaining texts?•Additional buttons?•Contextual layers and background mapping?•Further information needed (metadata, data download)?•Accessibility (colour contrast, button sizes)?

Who is your Audience ?

Perth and Kinross CouncilState of the EnvironmentGoogle query: ‘instantatlas perth kinross story’

Office for National StatisticsLocal profiles

Arizona Dept of HealthDesignation mappingGoogle query: ‘instantatlas arizona story’

How to get the most from InstantAtlas Server

Pierre Jenkins | Support Manager

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Updates

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Performance

Champions

“It means we can go out and ask people what sort of information they would like to see. Creating a place where users across the authority can access council data easily and presented to them in a simple to use and understand way”.

Stephen Croney, Information Mananger

Presenting the data in such a way that anyone without any specialist knowledge can understand has also taken time – but Gareth believes the end result is worth it. “We are keen to support the localism agenda so we have included an InstantAtlas feature that allows users to input their postcode,” he says.

“The website hasn’t been live for long but feedback has been good and people who have seen it are very impressed.

Gareth Hughes, Senior Research Officer

Executive Councillor for Transformation and Resources Alex Williams explains that at the core of the project was a desire to make non personal data and statistics based around the delivery of public services available to the public so they could engage with the outcomes of council decisions on services. That meant creating a user-friendly interface.

Citizens in Trafford are better informed and represented – they can understand what it happening in their local areas.

Nottingham Insight User Survey

• October 2011• Promoted on the Intranet• 56 responses• 70% council employees• A wide range of reasons for using the system

The results indicate most users describe their statistical knowledge as reasonable (42.9%), and only 25.0% would describe themselves as having a sound statistical knowledge. There is a possible need to review how users access the site. Could it be possible to direct those users with limited statistical knowledge to different areas of the site?

Wendy Conibear, Senior Mapping Officer at Nottingham City Council

There has been a rise in the development of local information systems; however little research exists on users’ perspective of the value they obtain from these systems. Such research is essential if the full potential of these systems is to be realised and to identify how such systems may better meet the needs of their users.

Alefiyah Oakford, Systems Analyst at Milton Keynes Council (2009)

MKi User Survey

• August (?) 2009• Survey sent to 377 registered users of Mki• 52 responses (14%)• 25 responses (48%) from the Council• Wide range of Council services represented

… users are experiencing difficulty in finding data and information and in the use and interpretation of statistical and mapping data. The findings also reveal there is a lack of awareness into the importance and use of metadata associated with resources in the system.

Alefiyah Oakford, Systems Analyst at Milton Keynes Council (2009)

LIS User Profiles

Novice Users Skilled Users

Very Statistical

Not Statistical

Analysts in Partner Agencies

Journalists

Policy Makers

IAS Team

Citizens

Trained Users

IAS Outputs|Statistical vs Technical

Easy to generate Difficult to generate

Very Statistical

Not Statistical

Profiles that display

confidence limits

Quick Profiles that use

descriptive text and images

Data views accessed via

advanced wizard

Data views that use

simple maps and charts

Data views that use

bubble or funnel plots

Data views that use spine or

radar charts

Profiles that display ranks

or scores

Simple profiles

accessed via advanced

wizard

Complex profiles

accessed via advanced

wizard

Profiles that use tables and charts

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