1. Survey among NSIs on participation in the GEOSTAT project
Marja Tammilehto-Luode

2. Why a SURVEY?
To assist in the planning of a potential joint project of NSIs
To collect information about geostatistics at NSIs and especially about willingness of NSIs to participate in a Multi-Beneficiary Grant Agreement to be signed between Eurostat and a Consortium of NSIs
Simple, informal - no official statements - but instead “educated guesses” on how things stand at an institute
Initiative made at EFGS meeting in Bled in 2008
Execution by MTL+ the steering group of EFGS 2

3. Themes Grids and small area statistics Geostat ESSnet proposal
INSPIRE and thematic data groups
Metadata
Other issues 3

4. Respondents
42 messages with “link to the survey” to 28 different countries
21 responses from 20 different countries
100% of NSIs! 4

5. Respondents Number of man-years devoted by the organisation to geostatistics in 2008
Man/Person-years Responses < > Total 20 5

6. Respondents Main activities carried out in the field of geostatistics
Development of geographic infrastructure for statistics with priority on the 2011 Population Census project (5)
Visualisation for dissemination purposes of statistical data (7)
Maintenance of geographical features for statistical attributes
Geographical analysis, ad hoc research, spatial analysis
Production of small area statistics
Grid datasets
Delineation of agglomerations, settlement areas
Agricultural statistical data, environmental statistics
Land use & land cover surveys
Individual customer orders
…Maps (official statistics), Data (service revenue)... 6

7. Grids and small area statistics
10 NSIs produce statistics by grids
+ 6 NSIs have plans to produce grids
15 NSIs produce small area statistics (other than by grids)
12 NSIs use standardised small areas (enumeration districts, localities…) 7

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10. Geostat ESSnet proposal
14 have seen drafts of the Geostat project
12 would like to contribute to the project
8 would like to co-operate in some other matter
The most interesting sub-projects Sub-projects Responses 1. Project management User needs Geostatistics Data infrastructure Reference group Case studies Evaluation, distribution 0 10

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12. Geostat ESSnet proposal
Terms for participation in the project Responses Costs covered: 100% % % Not sure 9 Available man-months: Not sure 5 Availability Not sure 9 12

13. What are the major results your organisation expects
Better visibility and usability of our own grid data
Gain knowledge and experience to establish, transform, display and interpret grid data from statistical surveys
Improvement of international compatibility of statistical geodata, grids
Practical guidance on the implementation of INSPIRE requirements
Harmonised methodology for producing grid-based statistics
Dissemination of small area statistics to the general public by a web interface
Case studies, proof of added value of grid statistics
Further development of geostatistics by exchanging knowledge and experiences with other organisations
Additional approach to publishing statistics 13

14. Geostat project as an ESSnet project Statistics Sweden’s initiative
... Do you think that your organisation would support this initiative? Responses Very likely Quite likely Not likely Don’t know 5 Other, please specify 1 Total 14

15. INSPIRE and thematic data groups
13 NSIs participate in national SDI work
National INSPIRE working group
Metadata, network, legal
Data themes appendix I and III
9 involved in commenting/defining Appendix III
13 would like to participate in making IR of Appendix III themes 15

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17. Metadata
Does your organisation describe its spatial dataset with a profile compliant with ISO and 19139? Responses % Yes No Total
Do you have already concrete plans to publish metadata according to the INSPIRE implementing rules on metadata? Responses % Yes No Total 17

18. Metadata
Does you organisation publish statistical metadata according to SDMX standards? Responses % Yes No Total 18

19. Other issues
13 interactive Internet portals where statistical data can be viewed on maps
No information concerning Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania and Romania 19

20. Your comments are welcome Further information from: marja
Your comments are welcome Further information from: 20

21. Does your organisation operate an interactive internet portal where statistical data can be viewed on maps? If yes, please provide the URL
Regional statistics
Election statistics
---> "Interaktive Anwendungen”

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