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

Thanks

Questions

w: www.airo.ie

e: airo@nuim.ie

twitter: airo_nuim