Visualising OAC Presentation Final

Effective Communication: Visualising OAC for Local Government Policy Users Laura Edwards The Local Futures Group

Visualising OAC
Building OAC into Local Knowledge
Different ways of visualising OAC for use as a policy tool
Future improvements/ Teresa Alcock’s MSc project

What is Local Knowledge?
LK is a geographical research and analysis toolkit
Holds data at a range of spatial levels (regional down to Output Area level)
Over 1,500 indicators with national coverage
Allows benchmarking of areas nationally and locally
Toolkit includes thematic mapping, bar charts, spider charts and tables

Who uses Local Knowledge?
Local Government (Economic Development; Regeneration; Corporate Policy; Researchers; Planners; Housing)
Learning and Skills Councils
Regional Development Agencies
Primary Care Trusts
Regeneration companies
Property companies
Charities

Policy issues
Local Authorities and their Partners need to show a collective understanding of their communities
Customer Insight/Improving service delivery
Transformational Government – i.e. efficiency savings

OAC Colour Map

Building OAC into Local Knowledge
Added Output Area spatial level, OA data and OAC
Applied OAC colour scheme
Adjusting toolkit to work with the new spatial level
Added descriptive text and hyperlinks to background research

Mapping

The proportion of the population in OAC Group 7a – Asian Communities

Bar Charts

Spider Charts and Nearest Neighbours

Future Developments
Adding new tools
Adding links between tools and contextual information
More user-interaction with the outputs
Adjustment of colour scheme
KTP with UCL

Teresa Alcock’s MSc - Mapping
Mapping OAC at appropriate scales and with context using locational referencing
Review of available WebGIS applications to increase WebGIS functionality
Issues:
Mapping scale
Base maps
Locational referencing
Labelling
Legend colours
Seeing surrounding areas/features
Inset map

WebGIS Sample OAC over Google backdrop

Conclusion
OAC should be used as a policy tool
Better understand areas and communities and improve service delivery
Local Futures are continuing to develop our tools and ways of visualising OAC to help this process

www. localfutures .com

Visualising OAC Presentation Final

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