1. Grids: a useful tool for rebuilding time series Towards an ESPON OLAP Cube Luxembourg, 6th May 2010 Maria José Ramos Roger Milego Agràs OLAP CUBE ESPON 2013 DB Project Partner

2. Methodology overview OLAP CUBE Ref. Grid 1km Unemployment 2001 (Eurostat) Disaggregation Population Grid 2001 (JRC) Weighted by Population Integration CLC 2000 (EEA) Aggregation

3. Methodology overview A cocktail of data INGREDIENTSDIMENSIONS Ecological BackgroundCorine Land Cover Nuts MEASURES - grams - ml MEASURES - Area - Population - OLAP CUBE Maps Graphics & Statistics LimeSugarFruitRhum Daikiri

4. Lets taste the cocktail Combining data from different times Combining data from different geometries (e.g. NUTS 2003, NUTS 2006) Combining continuous data (e.g. CLC) with discrete data (e.g. NUTS3) Complex combinations (…)

5. Thank you very much for your attention! Merci bien pour votre attention! For further info: roger.milego@uab.cat mariajose.ramos@uab.cat ESPON 2013 DB Project Partner