This presentation is from the University of Nottingham's Open Data Master Class series from November/December 2010. http://bit.ly/opendataMC
It introduces the practical work ofthe classes but also has brief notes on linking statistical data to its geographical references. Acknowledgement for source material goes to the Geo-Refer project ( http://www.restore.ac.uk/resources/grefer.php ) and to Mark Monmonier's "How To Lie With Maps".
Open Data Master Classes: Introduction to Hands-on Practical Session
1. Geography Information 101,
and Introduction to the Hands-on
Practical
Jeremy Morley
Deputy Director
Centre for Geospatial Science,
University of Nottingham
2. Hands-on Practical
• An opportunity to work with real Open Data
• Relatively simple examples but designed to
link thematically to the Geovation challenges
• Mostly geographically related analysis, though
some analysis in Excel too
• First, some introduction to key concepts
• Acknowledgment: Geo-Refer project,
University of Southampton,
http://www.restore.ac.uk/resources/grefer.php
21. Practical work
• Divided into three phases (no formal break)
• Phase 1: introduction to taking a table of
points & related attributes, doing some data
analysis in Excel then plotting the points on a
map
• Phase 2: looking at joining data from different
sources to produce a new picture of an area
• Phase 3: advanced challenges.
– First leads on from Phase 2: further analysis
– Second relates to joining to complex admin units
29. Enjoy the practical session
• Four of us around to help you with problems:
– Myself, Hanif Rahemtulla [Uni. Nottingham]
– Chris Parker & Ian Holt [OS Geovation]
• Jeremy Morley
Centre for Geospatial Science, Uni. Nottingham
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs
@ jeremy_morley [Twitter]