Dublinked Data Visualisation
Competition Launch Event, AIRO
Eoghan McCarthy, AIRO
What is the All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO)
• AIRO is a research unit and spatial data website
focused on improving evidence informed planning
in Ireland
– Collects, analyses and provides evidence and
tools to support better planning and decision
making
• Maps, data, policy advice, research and
training
– Maximise the usage and benefit of publically
funded and readily available datasets
– Highlight the benefit of proper collection,
management and dissemination of datasets
• Who do we work with?
– Government Departments
– Semi-State bodies
– Regional Authorities, Local Authorities, Local
Partnerships etc
– Academics, Researchers, Public
– Private Sector
Census 2011 – Data visualisation through AIRO
• Working with the CSO to improve the dissemination of Census 2011
results
• Public sector reform, important collaboration between public sector bodies
to improve access to publically funded data
• Vital step in encouraging use of Census 2011
• Provide access for general public, government and private sector
• Individual Local Authority (34) and Regional Authority (8) Census
mapping tools available on the AIRO site
• InstantAtlas (GeoWise) software
• Full set of variables for 2006 and 2011 at ED and SA level
• 15 themes
• Interface operates using a dynamic display which links spatial maps
with graphs and comparison tables
• Let’s have a look (http://www.airo.ie/mapping-module)
Census 2011 – Data visualisation through AIRO
• National Census Mapping Viewer
• Requirement to display all 18k boundaries
• Published maps to ArcGIS for Server and displayed through ArcGIS Viewer
for Flex
– 260+ maps on all census themes
• Counts, percentages and ratios
Census 2011 – Data visualisation through AIRO
• All-Island Mapping Viewer
• All-Island Digital Atlas
– CSO and NISRA to develop comparable cross border indicators
• Hard-back Atlas
• Mapping Seminars and Workshops
– View
Census 2011 – Data visualisation through AIRO
• Census Seminars
• 30th January
– Demographics and Economy
• 8th April
– Housing and Transport (NIRSA)
• 30th April
– Health and Accessibility (Armagh)
» Followed by Acute Services session
• Final Seminar after summer (November)
– Official launch of Atlas
Census 2011 – Data visualisation through AIRO
• Data Days *4
• Border Region Authority (6 March)
• InterTradeIreland (3rd April)
• NIRSA (10th June)
• NIRSA (17th June)
All-Island Accessibility Mapping
Navtec Road Network, GeoDirectory, Dublinked NTA
Network Analyst in ArcGIS
All-Island Accessibility Mapping
All-Island Accessibility Mapping
Getting access to AIRO data outputs: AIRO Data Store
Getting access to AIRO data outputs: AIRO Data Store
Census 2011 – Getting Access to the Data
Census 2011 – Getting Access to the Data
• Accompanying boundary set in .shp format (ESRI, QGIS, easy translation for MapInfo) • Perform own analysis of census data
in a GIS
• 20m generalised SA boundary set
• Provinces
• NUTS Boundaries (Regions)
• Administrative Counties
• Electoral Divisions
• Small Areas
• Gaeltacht Areas
• Local Electoral Areas
• Legal Cities and Towns
• Settlements
• OSi copyright
www.cso.ie/en/census/census2011boundaryfiles
QGIS – Open Source GIS Software
QGIS – Open Source GIS Software
QGIS – Open Source GIS Software
• Monthly 1-Day Workshops at AIRO, NUIM
• Irish Spatial Datasets
• Introduction to GIS
• Practical sessions with QGIS
• ICLRD: 3 ‘Data for Decisions’ All-Island
Census workshops
• ICLRD Conference Jan 2014
Open Source GIS Software
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap
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