Use of maps to present statistics Workshop Dissemination Working Group meeting November 2007

Outcomes of Map questionnaire In general the use of maps is judged as (very) important Majority of NSIs have one or more map applications Significant variety of map tools, functionality and content SVG browser issue; GIS-IMS less user friendly Medium term: variety remains; content increases Modest average user intensity (<2000 per month) and the high Swiss rate (>500 per day) Important to share experiences given the variety of tools and the user intensity

Presentations Alf Fyhrlund (Sweden) on PX-Map(2) Armin Grossenbacher on Swiss Atlases Claudia Brunner on DESTATIS map tools Olav ten Bosch on Dutch statistics on Google Map/Earth Robert Mizzi on Malta maps of Census 2005 Workshop Conclusions