Dissemination of neighbourhood statistics using Google Caroline van Houwelingen Statistics Netherlands Urban Audit conference, june 10th 2008
Contents Municipalities & neighbourhoods Data dissemination using - Google Earth - Google Maps Future developments Questions
Municipalities & neighbourhoods 443 municipalities On average 76 km 2 & 37 thousand inhabitants 11,5 thousand neighbourhoods On average 3 km 2 & 1430 inhabitants Example: Utrecht
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Google Earth: Statistics Netherlands’ map layer in Google Earth Google Maps: (Statistics Netherlands in your neighbourhood) New tools for disseminating neighbourhood statistics
Map layer in Google Earth (Type ‘Google Earth’ in the search engine) 1.Install Google Earth (from version 4.1) 3. Click the ‘Start Google Earth’ Button 2.Go to the Statistics Netherlands’ website
Google Earth: Statistics Netherlands’ map layer in Google Earth Google Maps: (Statistics Netherlands in your neighbourhood) New tools for disseminating neighbourhood statistics
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