USE OF GIS TECHNOLOGY IN STATISTICAL OFFICE OF ESTONIA

NORDIC FORUM FOR GEO-STATISTICS

25.-26.03.2004, COPENHAGEN

Inge NaelHEAD OF GIS SECTION

MARKETING AND DISSEMINATION DIVISION

MAIN GIS ACTIVITIES - 1

• MAINTAINING, USAGE AND DISSEMINATION OF GEODATABASE OF 2000 CENSUS MAPS

• PRODUCING THEMATIC MAPS• PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS• DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBILITIES TO USE

GIS IN STATISTICS

MAIN GIS ACTIVITIES - 2

• MAINTAINING, USAGE AND DISSEMINATION OF GEODATABASE OF 2000 CENSUS MAPS:– BY 01.01.2004 DIGITAL CENSUS MAPS ARE USED BY

96 LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES • 10 CITIES AND 86 RURAL MUNICIPALITIES

– USED SOFTWARE:• MAPINFO, ARCVIEW, GEOMEDIA,

MAPINFO PROVIEWER, ARCEXPLORER

MAIN GIS ACTIVITIES - 3LEGEND: GREEN - IN USE; YELLOW - NOT IN USE; RED - NOT ANSWERED

MAIN GIS ACTIVITIES - 4

• PRODUCING THEMATIC MAPS

• http://www.stat.ee/123001– 2000 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS MAPS (99/8)– POPULATION CENSUSES IN ESTONIA (8)– JOINT PUBLICATION OF CENSUSES IN BALTIC STATES (3)– 2001 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS (17)– REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF ESTONIA (29)

• DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS (114)

MAIN GIS ACTIVITIES - 5

• PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS– DELINEATION OF INTERVIEWER AREAS

FOR SAMPLE SERVICES (Pilot project 2001 – 2003) – LUCAS ESTONIA 2002 (Pilot Project)

• Land Use/Cover Area frame statistical Survey– 291 Maps (A4) (ArcView); 280 Orthophotos (A4) (MapInfo)

– URBAN AUDIT II (Pilot Project 2003 - 2004)• Delineation of New City Districts in Tallinn and Tartu and

Estimation of Land Use (Based on CORINE) in Harjumaa, Tartumaa and in Estonia

– DASHBOARD OF SUSTAINABILITY IN COUNTIES • DIGITAL BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES IN ESTONIA

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SPATIAL DATA SOURCES - 1

• NATIONAL LAND BOARD– ESTONIAN BASE MAP

ArcView/MapInfo; 1:50 000; vector (from 1998)– ESTONIAN BASIC MAP

MapInfo; 1:10 000; raster (from 2002)– BalticSeaRegionMap (MapBSR)

ArcView, 1:1 000 000, vector (from 2002)– ORTHOPHOTOS (BLACK/WHITE AND COLOR)

1:10 000; 1:2 000; MrSID, raster (from 2002)

• MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT– CORINE DATABASE (1998)

ArcView, 1:100 000, vector (from 2002)

SPATIAL DATA SOURCES - 2

• GEODATABASE IN STATISTICAL OFFICE(2000 Population and Housing Census)– DIGITAL CENSUS MAPS Total size 16 GB

• Rural area 1:50 000 ArcView, MapInfo

• Urban area 1: 5 000 MapInfo

– Tallinn 1: 2 000 MapInfo

Production in co-operation with Estonian Mapping Centre Ltd. and REGIO Ltd. in the period 1995 - 1999

– LISTS OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR RURAL AND URBAN AREAS

• DISSEMINATION BY A TEMPORARY LICENSE AGREEMENT

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 1

• INTERVIEWER AREAS• LUCAS• URBAN AUDIT II• DASHBOARD• JOINT PUBLICATION OF CENSUSES OF

BALTIC STATES

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 2 INTERVIEWER AREAS

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 3 LUCAS – PSU - SSU

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 4 LUCAS ORTHOPHOTO - PSU

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 5 URBAN AUDIT II - TALLINN CITY DISTRICTS

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 6 URBAN AUDIT II - HARJUMAA - CORINE

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 7DASHBOARD - COUNTIES OF ESTONIA

EXAMPLES OF MAPS - 8

JOINT PUBLICATIONOF CENSUSES

OF BALTIC STATES

MAIN GIS ACTIVITIES - 6• DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBILITIES TO USE

GIS IN STATISTICS - 1– CO-OPERATION WITH THE ESTONIAN LAND

BOARD IN USING A COMMON WEBMAPSERVER• INTERACTIVE TERRITORIAL DIVISION MAP WITH

JURIDICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION

– ANALYSES OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF UPDATING CENSUS ADDRESS FILES

• ANALYSES OF US CB MAF TIGER SYSTEM

– TESTING THE POSSIBILITIES OF LINKING THE (GEO)DATA FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES: CENSUS MAPS, BASIC MAP, BUILDING REGISTER, CADASTRAL INFORMATION, STATISTICAL PROFILE (ENTERPRISES)

MAIN GIS ACTIVITIES - 7• DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBILITIES TO USE GIS

IN STATISTICS - 2– THEMATIC MAPS FOR CURRENT STATISTICS IN CO-

OPERATION WITH OTHER DIVISIONS• SCHOOL CORNER• STATISTICAL YEARBOOK AND CD• MAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS• DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS

– TESTING PX-iMAP– GRID MAPS - 2000 CENSUS– TESTING THE POST CODE AREAS– EUROSTAT’S NEEDS FOR THE 2000 CENSUS TABULATION

• DELINEATION OF URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

– TESTING THE ORACLE 9i SE LOCATOR

EXAMPLES OF MAPS IGeographical comparison of buildings in the Basic Map (BM) and

centroids of Census Map (CM) of Lääne-Viru county - LEGEND

EXAMPLES OF MAPS II Example 2. Tamsalu city

EXAMPLES OF MAPS III Example 3. Sõmeru rural municipality: Sõmeru small town,

Näpi village, Ussimäe village

EXAMPLES OF MAPS IV

NUTS 3 ESTONIA

LATVIALITHUANIA

EXAMPLES OF MAPS V

EXAMPLES OF MAPS VI CENSUS 2000 - GRID MAP 5*5 KM

PROBLEMS

• UPDATING OF CENSUS MAPS• MAIN REGISTERS DO NOT INCLUDE

CO-ORDINATES• REDUCING THE STAFF OF GIS SECTION

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