Visualisingandworkingwithpopula2ondiversity-TheNew

ZealandAtlasofPopula2onChange

LarsBrabynandNatalieJackson

TheNZAtlasofPopula1onChangeisnotjustanotheronlinemapservervisualizingpopula1oncensusdata.BeforedevelopingtheNZAtlasofPopula1onChangeanevalua1onofpopula1oninternetmapsserverswasundertaken.

Evaluation based on: • The needs of population analysts

Understand and interpret population trends,

• Principles of cartography, Efficient communication using cartographic conventions

• Human-computer interaction, Functional user interface

•  Internet software Use of client and server technologies

AgoaloftheNZPopula1onChangeAtlasistoturnpopula1ondataintoknowledgeandpossiblywisdom(theabilitytopredict)

Mostonlinepopula1onmapserversonlyconvertdataintoinforma1on.AnothergoaloftheNZPopula1onChangeAtlasistoprovideanexemplaryexampleofanonlineatlastoinformotherdevelopersofonlinemapservers.

Animportantnarra1veforunderstandingpopula1onchangeandthediversityofNZ’stowns,ci1esandregionsistheinterac1onofmigra1on,aging,andnaturalchange.

ComparisonofNaturalChange,NetMigra1on,andTotalChangeforNZTownsandCi1esbetween1976and2013

Therearemanymoremaps,graphsandexplana1onsintheNZPopula1onChangeAtlasNZPopula1onChangeAtlas:•  Demonstratesanalterna1veformofmappingpopula1ondata,

whichinvolvescarefulconsidera1onoftheneedsofbothdemographicandcartographiccommunica1onprinciples,andend-usage.

•  Promotestheimportanceofhavinganarra1veaccompanythe

mapsinordertoassistusersunderstandthestorythedataaretelling.

•  Showsthatmakingsenseofdatamayalsorequiresocialand

historicalcontext,whichcannotbesoreadilyauto-manufacturedusingonlinemapservers.

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