1. Linking People and Socio-Economic Information to a Location
Learning Centre:
Linking People and Socio-Economic Information to a Location
United Nations Statistics Division
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Major Actions/Steps
UN Principles & Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev.2 (adopted by UNSC in 2007):
Recommended the use of Geospatial technologies for improving traditional methods of census mapping
Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities (‘Cook-book: the role of geospatial technology at each stage of Census)
Regional Workshops on Census Management and Mapping with GIS (300 participants from 106 developing countries)
International Seminar on the “Issues and Challenges of Integrating of Statistical and Geospatial Information” – Seoul, 2011
Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)
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3. United Nations, New York, 25 February 2013
Statistical Commission Decision on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Decision 41/110 (of the 41st SC session in 2010):
Recognized the importance of the integration of geographic and statistical information and the opportunities provided in that context by the swift development of information technology, noting that national statistical offices are playing an increasing role in such integration, especially in the area of census management
Learning Centre on Linking People and Socio-Economic Information to a Location
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4. Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)
ECOSOC decision 2011/24 established the UN
Committee of Experts on GGIM (UN-GGIM)
“Recognizing the importance of integrating cartographic and statistical information, as well as spatial data, with a view to fostering location-based geospatial information, applications and services”
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Challenges
Geographic/Spatial Dimension:
Paradigm shift in the work of statistics
How to do?
One of the Key issues (UN-GGIM, 2012):
The need to link geospatial information to statistics, in particular through geocoding
Development of a Statistical Spatial Framework
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6. United Nations, New York, 25 February 2013
Programme
Brief Introduction
Presentations:
Australian Statistical Spatial Framework, Peter Harper, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Country experience: Palestine Poverty Maps 2009, Husam Khaleifeh, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Integrating Statistical and Geospatial Information: A Web-Based Application, Patrick Gahagan, Esri 
 Discussion
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7. United Nations, New York, 25 February 2013
THANK YOU!
Learning Centre on Linking People and Socio-Economic Information to a Location
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