Statistical Atlas to accompany the Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2012 G. Schäfer Discussion Group on Regional Statistics 8 Dec. 2011

Background Broader scope of regional statistics Regional Yearbook one of the key publications of Eurostat Maps take an ever more important role in the RYB publication Viewing tools available or developed by Eurostat become available Need to improve the accessibility of regional statistics

Functionality of the Statistical Atlas Comparison with different background maps Overlays of different maps in order to compare the statistics Direct access to the statistical values of a region. Possibility to include links to other applications

Life Presentation http://www.gisco.eurostat.cec/map-viewers/GISCO/?myConfig=PopulationStatistics.xml

Project parameters Accompanies the RYB publication Same date (tight project management) All maps of RYB (about 100 maps) Additional background maps possible Update to be decided but most likely stable on RYB extraction date Very small resources for technical work Some efforts for content, such as legend, link to database, etc.

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