1. GISCO Progress Report 2008-2009
Geographical Information Systems for Statistics Luxembourg March 2009
GISCO Progress Report

2. Content of the presentation
General Information on GISCO
Dissemination of geographical information
New and updated datasets
Spatial analysis with POI
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3. GISCO 2008 – a haven of stability
IT infrastructure
Upgrade to ArcGIS 9.3
Data providers
Eurogeographics (EBM, EGM, ERM)
Team structure
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4. GISCO project organisation
Berthold FELDMANN
Acting Head of Unit D2
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GISCO working group meeting 23-24/10/2003

5. Relations with user community
Joint NSI-NMA meeting, March 2008
COGI in the INSPIRE era – coordination of data acquisition and IT projects
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GISCO working group meeting 23-24/10/2003

6. Data dissemination - mapping and publications
Regional Yearbook 2008
The 2007 edition: more
than downloads
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GISCO working group meeting 23-24/10/2003

7. GISCO data dissemination
16 Documents
50 Datasets
1061 Maps
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8. GISCO data dissemination – internet download
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9. GISCO data dissemination – internet download
Best loader data
NUTS: 4357 downloads in 10 months
NUTS Mil: 2063 downloads
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10. GISCO data dissemination – internet download
Best loader maps
Forest in the EU, ~400 downloads so far.
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11. New and updated reference datasets
Administrative Boundaries 2006
NUTS 2006
Lakes
Ports 2008
Ferry lines
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12. New and updated reference datasets
NUTS 2006
169 new areas
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GISCO working group meeting 23-24/10/2003

13. New and updated reference datasets- Data Quality
Full integration across scales and themes
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14. Spatial analysis – finding spatial patterns
Situation probably not as uniform as depicted
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GISCO working group meeting 23-24/10/2003

15. Spatial analysis - POI
DG AGRI – rural development - situation around primary schools
17 MS provided coordinates or addresses (geocoded)
4 MS (BG, RO, PT, IE): addresses provided but not yet geocoded
ES, FR, NL, LV, LU, MT: locations not yet provided
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16. Spatial analysis - POI
Request from DG TREN – parking facilities for lorries along TEN routes
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17. Spatial Analysis - POI – Eurostat’s wish list
Health services
Hospitals with intensive care facilities
Number of beds, facilities
Education
primary, secondary, tertiary, kinder garden
Social services
Old people’s homes
Transport
service stations and rest areas along TEN routes
Number of parking spaces
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