Bernard gave a demonstration on how to use www.airo.ie to generate maps and information on West Cork from the Census Data.

1. Demonstration on Interactive
Data Capturing Tools
Rural Development Conference
The Maritime Hotel Bantry
30th November 2012
Bernard O’Sullivan

2. Lecture Outline
• Demonstration on Interactive Data Capturing Tools
• CSO www.cso.ie
• Airo maps www.airo.ie

3. Overview of Website
• AIRO Mapping and Visualisation tools
• The statistical geography of Ireland
• Existing & Future Local Partnership (LDC)
Modules
• AIRO and the 2011 Census

4. AIRO
• The All Island Research Observatory
(AIRO) is a research unit and interactive
spatial data portal based in the National
University of Ireland, Maynooth.
• Website www.airo.ie

6. How to Accessing Data
• Data to view and download via a number of means:
– Interactive Maps – Flex Viewer – Mapping Module
– Extraction Maps – Geographical Profiling Tool
– Interactive Tables – Tableau Visualisations
– AIRO Datastore – Access & Download Raw Data

7. Mapping Module
• Census Mapping
• Sectoral Themes
• AIRO Research Projects

8. Access the
Mapping
Module by
clicking here

9. Access the
Census
Mapping by
clicking here

12. Access Local Authority
Census Module: First
Select County Then Click
View

13. Change map
type (Aerial or Select Census Select Geography
Street map) data to view (ED or Small Area)
Navigation
& zoom
controls
Change colour
and value
ranges
Colour Legend
List of individual
boundary names
and values

14. Change Data
Select Census data to view

15. In 2006 percentage of the population 0-14 in Ireland
was 20.3% while parts of West Cork were under 10%

16. In 2011 percentage of the population 0-14 in Ireland
was 21.3% while parts of West Cork were under 10%

17. In 2006 percentage of the population 15-25 in West
Cork was 14.9% while parts of Mizen Peninsula were
under 10%

18. In 2011 percentage of the population 15-25 in West
Cork was 12.3% while parts of Mizen Peninsula were
under 10%

19. Thank You