Transcript of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Scotstat. Agricultural Maps Maps can quickly give the essence...
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- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Scotstat
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- Agricultural Maps Maps can quickly give the essence of large
amounts of data Maps could be produced and published on the web
showing densities of: Cattle Sheep Crops Grass Labour Maps could
show data at a parish level
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- Standard labour requirements by agricultural area show how
intensively the land is being farmed across Scotland This is in
units of Full- time equivalents per hectare
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- Map issues Geographic level Parish level with some cells
withheld County with all areas displayed Base Agricultural land
including common grazings Total area of parish Shading different
colours or different shades Colours make it easy to tell exactly
what band an area is in Shading gives a more immediate impression
of the data
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- Maps of poultry, pigs and other individual items are highly
disclosive Only useful to the extent that it shows there are no
large areas of Scotland with no pigs and that there is a
concentration in the north-east
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- Other GIS Issues GIS Software can be used to map parish
boundaries on to boundaries of other geographies such as
parliamentary constituency We are not currently planning to publish
such tables as disclosure may conflict with published results but
they may be available on request