Dissemination with GIS United Nations Statistics Division Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 Census dissemination A census is not complete until the information collected is made available to potential users in a form suited to their needs The information may be: included in published tables and reports for general distribution produced as tables in unpublished form for limited distribution stored in a database and supplied upon request, or disseminated online (in this case it will be available only to connected populations) Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Census geographical units The census provides information at any geographical level, pre-existing or user defined Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 The power of maps Maps visually communicate a concept or an idea. Maps are often meant to support textual information Maps appeal to the viewer’s curiosity Maps summarize large amounts of information concisely Maps can be used for description, exploration, confirmation, tabulation Maps encourage comparisons: Between different areas on the same map: where are population densities highest? Between different maps: is child mortality higher in the districts of province A than in province B? Same area: where and by how much do literacy rates for males and females differ in the districts? Between maps for different time periods: did fertility rates decline since the last census? Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

GIS provide advanced functionalities for census dissemination Combination of: Census database: data at any geographical level Geographical database: geographical structure of the country + cartographic representation Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 Different Uses of Maps Geographical selection Direct selection of a user-defined area Area delineation Buffer zone Areas of influence Modelling: spatial smoothing Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Geographical selection Use this map to navigate to your area of interest by drilling down to the Geographic Areas that you require. Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Direct selection of a user-defined area... The user describes the area on which he needs aggregated data by clicking on the components: for example, municipalities Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 Area delineation E.g. Interactive determination of school districts with the same number of children in each school grade by aggregating census dissemination areas Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 Buffer zone How many people live within a 5 miles radius from the hospital ? Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007 Areas of influence Commuting distances: daily commuters flow Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Modelling: spatial smoothing Growth rate of the population between two censuses Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Uses of Graphs: Enriching the Understanding of GIS Data Sets Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis Linked Maps, Graphs & Tables Dynamic Feature Selection Animation Visualization over Time Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007

Uses of Graphs - More Control Color matching between graph and map layer Enhanced control over all graph elements Workshop on Census Cartography and Management - October 2007