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Spisy powszechne jako źródło danych do analiz geoprzestrzennych
Census as a data source for geospatial analysis

Author(s): Janusz Dygaszewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, National Economy, Agriculture, Sociology, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: national census; agricultural census; spatial analysis; web portal

Summary/Abstract: This paper describes the spatial address databases which on the basis of data obtained from censuses will allow to prepare analyzes at different levels of aggregation. The main part of the paper is devoted to characteristics of being implemented by the Geostatistical Portal of the Polish CSO (PGS). The creation of the PGS allows to present results of the Agricultural Census 2010 and the National Census of Population and Housing 2011 and disseminate the aggregated data in the form of spatial analyses. The article gives some examples of “ready” services on the PGS, and brought closer the possibility of generating a variety of own analyzes using the site functions.

  • Issue Year: 57/2012
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 49-56
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish