Upcoming ESPON Tools ESPON Seminar November 2010

ESPON Tools Existing ESPON Tools: ESPON HyperAtlas Mapping Guiding Typology Compilation Upcoming ESPON Tools: ESPON HyperAtlas Updating Map Finder Data Navigator Typology Guidance Paper OLAP Cube for NUTS to grid conversion Code in R language for outlier detection ESPON Tools under discussion: Smoothing application Visualisation tool for the ESPON Database

Upcoming ESPON Tools ESPON HyperAtlas Updating Web application dealing with the multiscalar territorial analysis concept. It is a territorial analysis tool for measuring inequalities. It allows to evaluate the situation of a region for a given indicator taking into various levels and scales of neighbourhood. Target groups: Practitioners at different geographical levels. Researchers, students and general public interested in territorial development issues. Availability: February 2011

Upcoming ESPON Tools Map Finder Simple web application to find, display, print and download maps resulted from ESPON projects. The web application shall have a very user-friendly interface which allows users to find a desired map in an easy way. Each map included in the online map finder shall comprise the map itself and a short description and reference on the origin of the map. Target groups: Policy makers and practitioners at different geographical levels. Researchers, students and general public interested in territorial development issues. Availability: October 2011

Upcoming ESPON Tools Data Navigator A compilation of data inventories covering the entire ESPON space at regional level plus EU candidate countries. Information on data sources and on possibilities to access territorially relevant data. Target groups: Policy makers and practitioners at different geographical levels. Researchers carrying out ESPON projects Availability: End 2011-beginning 2012

Upcoming ESPON Tools Typology Guidance Paper A document given guidance and including practical examples on the use of regional typologies in the European context (according to the decision taken at the MC meeting on 15 November 2010). 10 regional typologies: Urban-rural; metropolitan regions; border; islands; sparsely populated regions; outermost regions (DG Regio) Mountainous; industrial transition and coastal regions (ESPON) Target groups: Researchers carrying out ESPON projects Availability: January 2011

Upcoming ESPON Tools OLAP Cube for NUTS to grid conversion A tool that allows the combination of NUTS data (socio-economic data) with GRID data (CLC,…). It can also be used as a conversion tool between different NUTS versions (e.g. NUTS 2003 to NUTS 2006) Target groups: Practitioners at different geographical levels. Researchers and scientists. Availability: January 2011

Upcoming ESPON Tools Code in R language for outlier detection A tool to be integrated in the ESPON Database that allows the detection of exceptional values in datasets (statistical, spatial, temporal and thematic perspectives). Target groups: Users of the ESPON Database. Availability: January 2011