Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge,

Aguascalientes, Mexico 2-4 December 2012

By: Mrs. Insa Frith

The Bahamas Department of Statistics GIS Unit

USING MAPS TO VISUALIZE DATA The Bahamas Experience

Background

Geographical Location Permanent Boundary Lines Outdated Base Maps

Outdated Ortho-imagery

Field Staff Training Unable to Compare Boundaries of E Ds between Censuses

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

New Providence Island

<New Providence Project>

Supervisory District

Mt. Moriah

Supervisory District Enrollment Supervisory

District School Name

Enrollment

School Name 2001/2002 2011/2012 2001/2002 2010/2011

West End Holmes Rock Primary 91 124 Lucaya Terreve College 150 98

West End Martin Town Primary 450 287 Marco City Bishop Michael Eldon

High 457 487

West End West End Primary 164 125 Marco City Bishop Michael Eldon

Primary School 269 272

Eight Mile Rock Bartlett Hill Primary 430 353 Marco City Freeport Gospel Chapel 188 326

Eight Mile Rock Eight Mile Rock High 839 618 Marco City Freeport Primary 690 623

Eight Mile Rock Lewis Yard Primary 310 158 Marco City Grand Bahama

Academy 190 260

Eight Mile Rock Total Education Center * 140 Marco City Grand Bahama

Catholic High 426 257

Pineridge Alpha Omega Christian 90 76 Marco City Jack Hayward Junior * 568

Pineridge Bahamas Technical &

Vocational Institute 229 245 Marco City Jack Hayward Senior * 640

Pineridge Beacon School 92 116 Marco City Maurice Moore

Primary School 736 708

Pineridge Hugh Campbell Primary 738 732 Marco City Walter Parker Primary 805 785

Pineridge St. Paul's Methodist

College 350 355 High Rock

College of The

Bahamas

Pineridge Success Training College 850 800 High Rock Freetown Primary 31 19

Pineridge Tabernacle Baptist

Christian Academy 418 305 High Rock High Rock Primary 40 24

Lucaya Mary Star of The Sea 571 270 High Rock Lucaya International 130 214

Lucaya Sister Mary Patricia

Russell Junior High * 552 High Rock

McCleans Town

Primary School 44 27

Lucaya St. Georges High * 1027 High Rock Sweeting's Cay All-Age 40 27

Lucaya Sunland Baptist Academy 550 588 *Schools was not establish in 2001-2002

POVERTY MAPS

POVERTY MAPS

Work Flow

Layer of 2007 over 2012

Layer of 2012

Layer of 2007

Layering

Long Term Progress

Post-Enumeration Create Permanent Boundaries Lines •Completion of GPS mapping project Build a Census database (join census data to maps)

Google Earth Pro technology enable the unit to updated imagery and digitize new infrastructure

Expert Assistant

Post-Enumeration Data Analysis

• Analysis results with Desktop GIS • Development of maps for dissemination to the public

Post-Enumeration Data Dissemination

Department of Statistics Web Site

Web Mapping and GIS Services

Web browsers

Geovisualization applications

Database and Mapping Application on CD Free, embeddable mapping application

Free data viewer