The Geostatistics Portal is a platform launched by the Central Statistical Office of Poland in June 2013 for visualizing and analyzing census data using maps and spatial analysis tools. It provides choropleth and diagram maps of agriculture and demographic census results. INSPIRE compliant services include a discovery service, view service for statistical units, and download service. The portal aims to improve access to statistical data and make aggregated census results more spatially understandable for users.

1. Geostatistics Portal
A platform for census data visualization
Mirosław Migacz
Chief GIS Specialist
Central Statistical Office of Poland
m.migacz@stat.gov.pl
www.linkedin.com/in/migacz
INSPIRE Conference 2013: The Green Rennaisance
Florence, June 26th 2013

2. • About the project
• Functionalities and layout
• Cartographic presentation methods
• INSPIRE services
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Agenda

3. GEOSTATISTICS PORTAL
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GEO.STAT.GOV.PL
LAUNCHING JUNE 2013 with:
• CHOROPLETH MAPS WITH AGRICULTURAL
CENSUS 2010 RESULTS
• INSPIRE SERVICES FOR STATISTICAL UNITS

4. Plans for the rest of the year 2013
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• diagram maps with Agricultural Census 2010 results
• choropleth maps with Population and Housing Census 2011
resuts
• diagram maps with Population and Housing Census 2011
resuts
• INSPIRE services for Population Distribution (Demography)

5. FUNCTIONALITIES AND LAYOUT

6. Geostatistics Portal functionalities
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geovisualization of census’ results
• Agricultural Census 2010
• Population and Housing Census 2011
publishing spatial data maintained within official statistics
• statistical regions
• census areas
publishing INSPIRE services for two annex III themes
• statistical units
• population distribution (demography)
advanced spatial analyses on microdata
• for authorised users within official statistics

7. Geovisualisation of census results
All statistical data georeferenced
to a point
Agricultural Census 2010
• Census data collected with spatial
reference to:
• agricultural holding location
• holder’s dwelling location
Population and Housing Census
2011
• Census data collected with spatial
reference to:
• dwelling location
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LOCATION
Land Parcel
Identification
System
Statistical
address
points

8. Census data storage and use
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Municipality (LAU2)
County (LAU1)
Subregion (NUTS3)
Voivodeship (NUTS2)
Region (NUTS1)
• Geostatistics Portal database
stores census’ results aggregated
to units of territorial division
(down to LAU2)
• For each thematic phenomena
absolute (non-standarized) values
are stored
• Not all data stored in the Portal is
published for unauthorized users
due to statistical data
confidentiality issues

9. Default view
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10. Statistical division
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11. Object identification
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Line based selection and buffering
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Line based buffering
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Polygon based buffering
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15. CARTOGRAPHIC
PRESENTATION METHODS

16. Cartographic presentation methods
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• choropleth maps
• diagram maps
– circle
• proportional,
• structural,
• proportional & structural,
– bar
• proportional,
• structural,
• proportional & structural,
– complex

17. Diagram map
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A cartographic presentation method
for visualisation of absolute data.
Since absolute data are stored in the
Geostatistics Portal database, they can
be directly visualised on diagram
maps.

18. Choropleth map
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A cartographic presentation method
for visualisation of standarized data –
statistical indicators.
Geostatistics Portal stores a set of
normalization attributes, which allow
on-the-fly calculation of statistical
indicators to be presented
on choropleth maps.

19. User defined parameters for choropleth maps
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THEMATIC PHENOMENA LIST
STATISTICAL INDICATORS
AGGREGATION LEVEL
NUMBER OF CLASSES
CLASSES CALCULATION METHODS
COLOR SCALE
TRANSPARENCY
LABELS AND BORDERS VISIBILITY

20. Choropleth map
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Percentage of holdings that keep 1 sow within all holdings in a voivodeship
(NUTS2)

21. Diagram map (circle, proportional)
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Crop area in each subregion (NUTS3)

22. Diagram map (bar, proportional)
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Grain crops area in each subregion (NUTS3)

23. Diagram map (circle, structural)
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Structure of cultivation areas of 5 basic grains in each voivodeship
(NUTS2)

24. Diagram map (circle, proportional & structural)
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Structure and combined area of root and fodder plants cultivation in
voivodeships (NUTS2)

25. Diagram map (bar, structural)
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Structure and cultivation areas for various fodder crops
in voivodeships (NUTS2)

26. Diagram map (bar, proportional & structural)
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Structure and combined value of seed crops in voivodeships (NUTS2)

27. Diagram map (complex)
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- Number of holdings with gardens
- Number of holdings with plowed grounds
- Number of holdings with permanent cultivation

28. Bar chart
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29. INSPIRE SERVICES

30. Spatial data themes
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Central Statistical Office of Poland
is the authority responsible for two annex III spatial data themes:
statistical units
SU
population distribution (demography)
PD
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31. INSPIRE deadlines
3 XII 2013
• Discovery services
• View services
• Download services (datasets don’t have to be compliant with
data specifications)
• Metadata for data sets and services
OCTOBER 2020
• Compliance with data specifications needs to be achieved
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32. INSPIRE services in the Geostatistics Portal
• discovery service – running,
• view service:
– statistical units – running,
– population distribution (demography) – 3rd quarter 2013,
• download service:
– statistical units – running, compliant with the data specification,
– population distribution (demography) – 3rd quarter 2013, will be
compliant with the data specification,
• metadata
– published for existing data sets and services.
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33. Discovery Service
• metadata search engine
in the Geostatistics Portal
• discovery service running –
compliant with OGC CSW 2.0.2.
specification
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34. View Service – Statistical Units
• view service running for statistical units – compliant with OGC
WMS 1.3.0. specification,
• object visualization compliant with the data specification,
• a national statistical units style implemented
(SU.VectorStatisticalUnits.Krajowy)
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default style SU.VectorStatisticalUnits.Krajowy

35. Download Service – Statistical Units
• download service for statistical units running as predefined
dataset download service (compliant with Technical Guidance
for the implementation of INSPIRE Download Services 3.0),
• service is running on Atom 1.0 and OpenSearch 1.1.,
• statistical units data set divided into 16 GML files – one for
each voivodeship,
• data sets are compliant with the data specification for
statistical units.
http://geo.stat.gov.pl//atom_web-0.0.1/atom/JednostkiStatystyczne
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36. SUMMARY

37. Geostatistics Portal – benefits
• access to a huge amount of data on agriculture
and demography
• a variety of cartography presentation methods
• spatial analysis tools
• INSPIRE compliant services
• in the future:
– geovisualization platform for results of surveys other than the census
– geovisualization of data banks maintained by official statistics
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38. Geostatistics Portal
A platform for census data visualization
Mirosław Migacz
Chief GIS Specialist
Central Statistical Office of Poland
m.migacz@stat.gov.pl
www.linkedin.com/in/migacz
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