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Education The Area Profiler Kadhem Jallab Head of TWRI November 2009
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TWRI: sub-regional Research unit working on behalf of the Cities of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sunderland and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Gateshead, North and South Tyneside Identified requirements of its 5 districts to access and share broad range of spatially referenced indicator data BACKGROUND
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Need for a data warehousing solution emerged in 2001. undertook unsuccessful search to find an affordable commercial off-the-shelf GIS solution –In house development infeasible as required extensive resources and in-depth experience –Contracting out considered to be an expensive option BACKGROUND
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DATA WAREHOUSE The Data Warehouse was established specifically : - data cleansing - To make data available in consistent way - To support various Policy Work
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datasets collected over time to cover all five Districts –Demographics –Economic –Crime, Fire, Ambulance, Probation... –Drugs –Social (including Index of Deprivation) –Health DATA WAREHOUSE
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SUMMARY SPECIFICATION Web-based to reach large number of users Ability to personalise content securely for different user types Capability to produce custom tables and summary profiles with local, regional & national comparisons for one or more selected areas
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SUMMARY SPECIFICATION Selection by various methods inc. maps Provide direct access to raw data via export visualisation of spatial patterns and hot spots Ability to rapidly explore multiple scenarios
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Phase 1: Pilot (TWAP) Development divided into 2 phases: A standalone, desktop-based prototype was developed using external contractors Limited specifications to enable testing Used to explore requirements in more detail
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Phase 2: Web enabled AreaProfiler Production of new off-the-shelf product, AreaProfiler Now fully operational and hosted at North Tyneside Council System Administration by TWRI staff
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THE DATA FLOW PROCESS Address based Data Cleansing process AreaProfiler data warehouse Web application Secure, multi-user environment
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DATA AVAILABLE NOW Total over 200 Variables Geographies -Districts, 2004 Wards, Output Areas, Super OAs, special geographies Census 2001 Economic, Demographic, Social Crime, Fire Incidents, Probation Services Index of Deprivation 2007
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FUTURE DATA LAA Indicators Every Child Matters Social Services +++
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AREAPROFILER VERSION 2 Additional functionality to version 1 Addition of SVG functionality Improved mapping and charting capability Addition of (static) point data Improved administrative functionality (edit / delete indicators) Addition of street / postcode search
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CURRENT USERS Education Social Services Regeneration Planning Housing Environmental/Neighbourhood Services Community safety External funding
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CURRENT USES OF AP Performance Monitoring Policy Development Service Planning Targets Bidding Applications Bench Marking Information Sharing
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OTHER USES Informing locality planning Area children’s strategy groups For reference Answering specific area data queries For NRF areas and for Area Planning Extract of data for proof of concept
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PRE-SET PROFILE(S) Economic Education Crime Housing Social
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PRE-SET PROFILE EXAMPLE
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OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS Individual communities Neighbourhoods Pre-set areas used by Councils Police Beats Neighbourhood Renewal Areas
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PARTNERS Other organisations have shown an interest in using Area Profiler -Durham Observatory -Tyne & Wear Fire -Northumbria Police
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FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS TO AP2 Point Data Aerial Photography Online User Guide
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Web Site: www.twri.org.uk E-mail: twri@twri.org.uk
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