Mapping census data

James CroneUK Data ServiceEdinburgh University

Scotland`s census outputs workshopEdinburgh UniversityThursday June 30th 2016

Visualising census data (no map)

Visualising as a (Choropleth) map

Map Fundamentals

Map Fundamentals: Geospatial Data

Map Fundamentals: Small Area Feats

Data in UKDS Census Support

Map Fundamentals: Map Projections

Map Fundamentals: Map Scale

Map Fundamentals: Classifying Data

• Simplify numeric data into a set number of classes (categories) in order to recognise patterns in that data.

• Various Methods

Map Fundamentals: Styling Data

Visualising with a Choropleth map

Choropleth Alternative: Dasymetric Maps

Choropleth Alternative: Cartograms

EU Referendum Cartograms

Census Cartograms

Hands-on Practical: Intro

Hands-on Practical: Data

• Download UKDS_Census_Mapping_workshop.zip from Dropbox here:

• http://bit.ly/28XOt02• Unzip the zipfile somewhere on your computer• Appendix 1 (p23) of the hand-out describes the

datasets you`ve been provided with.• Go to p1 of the hand-out and then work through

the exercise. • Indiemapper itself comes with lovely contextual

help • If you get stuck / have questions put your hand up

Hands-on Practical: Discussion

Choropleth vs Cartogram

Cartogram Creation Tools

• ArcGIS Plugin• QGIS Plugin• Scapetoad• Indiemapper itself

Questions

James Crone

james.crone@ed.ac.uk