introduction to the esrc census programme and overview of practical workshop afternoon
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Introduction to the ESRC Census Programme and overview of practical workshop afternoon. David Martin, Programme Coordinator. ESRC Census Programme. Single point of entry at census.ac.uk Portfolio of online data services and support services UK census data 1971-2001 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Introduction to the ESRC Census Programme and overview of practical workshop afternoon
David Martin, Programme Coordinator
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ESRC Census Programme
• Single point of entry at census.ac.uk• Portfolio of online data services and
support services• UK census data 1971-2001• Programme of research and
development projects• Much more than just census data!
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Types of data available
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• Census Dissemination Unit
• UKBorders • CIDER
• Centre for Census and Survey Research
• CeLSIUS• Longitudinal
Studies Centre Scotland
• NILS Research Support Unit
• Portal and registration service
Services providing these data
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• Census Dissemination Unit
• UKBorders • CIDER
• Centre for Census and Survey Research
• CeLSIUS• Longitudinal
Studies Centre Scotland
• NILS Research Support Unit
• Portal and registration service
Focus of this workshop
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Programme of research and development awards, including...
• Census Data Feed network• DIaD - Data Integration and
Dissemination • Towards 2011 output geographies• CAIRD: Creating a Census (Meta) Data
Feed • Censusgiv - Census Geographic
Information Visualisation
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Mapping and visualizing census data
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Mapping and visualizing census data
• The source of some of our most frequently asked questions!
• Involves obtaining census counts, digitized boundaries – for the right area at the right geographical
scale• Matching them together• Using mapping, GIS or visualization software
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Spatial data and attribute data
• Spatial data: points, area boundaries
• Attribute data: values, characteristics
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Linking spatial and attribute data to create a map
I’ve got spatial data and attribute data but how do I link them together?
?
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Controlling the appearance of your map!
Using symbology, legends, etc. to convey data values
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What about geographical information systems (GIS)?
• We are going to be using ArcGIS• The most commonly-used GIS software
in the world• Enormously more complex than as
presented here• This is not a GIS course in an afternoon!
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Some introductions
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Workshop leaders
• Carol Blackwood – UKBorders, Edina• David Rawnsley – Census Dissemination
Unit, MIMAS• Pablo Mateos – University College
London• David Martin – Programme director• Julian Leyland – School of Geography,
University of Southampton (PC lab)
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Programme for the workshop
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What about geographical information systems (GIS)?
• Retrieving a census dataset with boundaries from Casweb
• Mapping data using ArcGIS• Retrieving and matching additional
boundary data from UKBorders• Mashing up the data in Google Earth and
publishing it to the web• Question session
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Getting registered to use Census Programme resources
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Other really useful resources
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