1. Country report - Finland
Task Force on the integration of statistics and geospatial information – item 6 of the agenda

2. Legal context
The Statistics Act
-Data collected in other contexts must be primarily exploited for statistics.
-When data collected for statistical purposes are being combined, stored, destroyed or otherwise processed it shall be ensured that no person’s protection of private life or personal data, or business or professional secret shall be endangered.
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Task Force on the integration of statistics and geospatial information - kick-off meeting

3. …Legal context
Statistical authorities may release confidential data collected for statistical purposes:
1) For scientific research and statistical surveys concerning social conditions;
2) To another statistical authority for the purpose of development, production and quality improvement of statistics on an activity falling within its sphere of influence;
3) To other authorities belonging to the European Statistics System for the development, production and quality improvement of the European statistics for which they are responsible;
4) To the Bank of Finland for the purpose of development, production and quality improvement of the statistics for which it is responsible;
5) To another statistical authority for technical formation of research material used for scientific research and statistical surveys concerning social conditions.
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Task Force on the integration of statistics and geospatial information - kick-off meeting

4. Legal context...
Statistics Finland maintains a Register of Enterprises and Establishments
“In respect of establishments, the data on establishment code, duration of operation, name, industry, location, public address and other public contact information as well as the size category of personnel shall be public”.
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Task Force on the integration of statistics and geospatial information - kick-off meeting

5. ... Legal context
SDI law ,
Minimal requirements of Inspire
SDI act List of authorities involved (26 + municipalities)
Duties, support services , SDI Advisory Board (7 ministries + 8 other members incl. Statistics Finland)
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6. Organisational setup Georeferencing activities are
Decentralised at the moment in Statistics Finland
-Definition of the GI policy to be updated in 2014
-A new organisation set-up under discussion
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8. Organisational setup The major actors in the national level
National Advisory Committee on Information Management in Public Administration (JUHTA)
–Standards and recommendations
The National Council for Geographic Information –NSDI, National Spatial Data Strategy -An Advisory and Coordinating Board
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9. Data sources
About 30 different registers refined to data warehouse for statistical purposes
+ vector and raster data by us and other data providers
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10. Units belonging to the register based statistics and links between them
Buildings
X, Y
Register of Buildings and Dwellings (Population Registre Centre)
Summer cottages
Dwellings
Households Dwelling units
Register of Persons
(Population Registre Centre)
Families
Persons
Register of Enteprices and Establishments
(Statistics Finland)
Establishments
Enterprises
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

11. Geospatial information
Indirect georeferences
Direct georeferences (Boundaries of NUTS-regions, municipalities , postal code areas , grids…)
+location of buildings!
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

12. Spatial statistics production environment
ArcGIS
SAS, SQL
Database; SQL Server database
Data compilation; with e.g. SAS or SQL
Spatiality; ESRI ArcSDE
ArcSDE server
Database System
Statistical production database
Data warehouse
Geodata-
base

13. Building table - key to the location of buildings - co-ordinates of buildings - ID of territorial units or the grid cell the building is located in

14. Geospatial information at Statistics Finland
-Data warehouse with Geodatabase
-Register-based population data with links to geocoded buildings – dwellings, places of work, educational institutions, production and industrial facilities
-Small area statistics; by postal code area, municipal sub-area, grid ( 1km x 1km , 250m x 250m)
-Products and web services
-New developments WMS, WFS services Accessibility studies Urban-rural classification independent of administrative boundaries
30/12/2018
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

15. The website Paikkatietoikkuna, MAP WINDOW search by data providers or by theme
08/10/2013
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

16. Marja Tammilehto-Luode
MAP WINDOW, selected layer; Population grid data 1km x 1km, 2012
30/12/2018
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

17. Statistics Finland’s web pages
8/10/2013
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

18. The Grant: Merging statistics and geospatial information: The project: Spatial statistics on Web Further development of the “Map window” of the national geoportal -Easy-to-use and innovative web application (with data according to Inspire specs) to integrate (NSI and NMA data), to visualise, to allow some spatial analysis -Use of open source components, authorisation at the service level... -Cooperation between Statistics Finland and the National Land Survey of Finland
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Task Force on the integration of statistics and geospatial information - kick-off meeting

19. New urban-rural typology based on grid data
-grid cells 250 x 250 m
-7 classes according to defined criteria
- Based on the data covering the whole country,
-variables describing the amount, density, efficiency,accessibility, intensity, versatility and orientation of the areas
- by the Finnish Environment Institute and the University of Oulu in cooperation with the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Statistics Finland -
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

20. Production process and products
Please describe your georeferenced statistical products.
Which statistical products should become official European statistics?
Please describe your users (internal and external) and what they are asking for.
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21. Key elements in production process of georeferenced statistics
Building points
Boundary data
Grid data
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22. Production chain of Population grids from data warehouse to
An example:
Production chain of Population grids from data warehouse to
Interface services
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23. Please describe your users (internal and external) and what they are asking for.
Internal users Geodatabase, data warehouse/building table, thematic maps, urban-rural classification, training courses
External users
Grid data, data by small areas, spatial analysis, accessibility studies...
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Task Force on the integration of statistics and geospatial information - kick-off meeting

24. Products and Services Services free of charge
Basic statistics by municipalities with Statistics Explorer (incl. census results)
Inspire data
Chargeable products and services
Grid Database
Statistics by postal code areas and by other small areas etc.
Special compilations/Spatial analysis
Other (regional divisions, thematic maps, school addresses etc.)

25. European harmonisation
Strategy – priorities – for Census 2021
Grid based statistics
Core statistics with georeferences
Metadata for spatial statistics
Quality assessment framework
Small area statistics and data protection small areas with few inhabitants, integration with detailed background maps...
Promotion of open data and open software
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26. Focus not only in outputs!
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27. Production/refining/Integration Dissemination
Data sources/Input
Production/refining/Integration
Dissemination
Point based reference system as a framework
Metadata standards
Metadata catalogues, CWS
Descriptions – fit for purpose
Geocoding standards and practices
Quality assessment
Interfaces, WMS, WFS, common applications
Statistical units, standards, management of changes
Spatial analysis tools
License agreements- Business models
Geographical survey frame
Confidentiality rules
New indicators – new data
Data warehouse - geodatabase
Integration to other geospatial data
Open data, Big data
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28. Vision Difining priorities In short run – in a longer run
From national to European to Global
Crosscutting targets
Lessons to learn from existing strategies
Difining priorities
Among NSIs
Between NSIs and NMAs
Projects
New indicators
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29. Organisational issues Legal issues Beyong Census
Cooperation – other initiatives
Training - competence
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30. Spatial join Derive Aggregate
Creating spatial statistics
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