mapping census data
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Mapping census data
James CroneUK Data ServiceEdinburgh University
Scotland`s census outputs workshopEdinburgh UniversityThursday June 30th 2016
Map Fundamentals: Classifying Data
• Simplify numeric data into a set number of classes (categories) in order to recognise patterns in that data.
• Various Methods
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