Program

Programme of the Nordic Forum for Geostatistics 2007

Hosted by Statistics Finland
on 19-21 September 2007

Venue: Statistics Finland, Työpajankatu 13, Helsinki
The European Grid Club Meeting: 2nd floor, Sattuma
The seminar: 10th floor, conference room

Wednesday 19 September

8.30 - 9.00
Registration to the meeting and to the seminar

The European Grid Club Meeting

9.00 - 9.15
Opening of the meeting and selection of a chair and a secretary
Short introduction to the agenda

9.15 - 10.15
Section 1: European Forum for Geostatistics

10.15 - 10.30
Coffee

10.30 - 11.30
Section 2: The European Grid Club project and the Population Grid Map for Europe

11.30 - 12.00
Section 3: Work groups (task forces) and project proposals for subprojects

12.00 - 13.00
Lunch break

Nordic Forum for Geostatistics seminar

12.00 - 13.00
Registration to the seminar for those who are not participating in the grid club meeting

13.00 - 13.20
Opening addresses of the seminar

Mr. Jari Tarkoma, Director of Population Statistics, Statistics Finland
Mrs. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Chief Adviser, Statistics Finland

13.20 - 17.00
Session 1: Geostatistics in the INSPIRE and national frameworks

Session organiser: Mrs. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland
(e-mail: marja.tammilehto-luode@stat.fi)

13.20 - 13.30
Opening the session

13.30 - 14.00
Daniele Rizzi, Eurostat: INSPIRE and geostatistics.
Abstract

14.00 - 14.30
Arvid Lillethun, Norwegian Mapping and Cadaster Authority: Views on practical implementation of INSPIRE themes related to geostatistics

14.30 - 15.00
Coffee

15.00 - 15.30
Lars Backer, Statistics Sweden: A portal for GeoStatistics at Statistics Sweden

15.30 - 16.30
The national reports: INSPIRE implementation work in participating countries (5-10 minutes each country)

16.30 - 17.00
Discussion and summary

17.00 - 21.00
Sauna
Reception

Thursday 20 September

9.00 - 12.30
Session 2. Small area statistics

Session organiser: Mr. Erik Sommer, Statistics Denmark
(e-mail: eso@dst.dk)

9.00 - 9.10
Opening the session

9.10 - 9.30
Johnny Sehlin and Kjell Ylivainio, Statistics Sweden: Data from the Map -application using Microsoft MapPoint and grid-statistics for statistics on user-defined areas.
Abstract

9.30 - 9.50
Kari Oinonen, Finnish Environment Institute: Monitoring system for changes in urban structure.
Abstract

9.50 - 10.10
Trine Haagensen, Statistics Norway: Small area index mapping and analysis.
Abstract
Paper

10.10 - 10.30
Margrete Steinnes, Statistics Norway: Shore zone statistics using 3D.
Abstract
Paper

10.30 - 11.00
Coffee

11.00 - 11.20
Niek van Leeuwen, Statistics Netherlands: Delineating population cluster in the Netherlands, grid and blob method.
Abstract
Paper

11.20 - 11.40
Igor Kuzma, Statistics Slovenia: Process of producing the grid data and the grid data dissemination in Slovenia.
Abstract

11.40 - 12.00
Erik Sommer, Statistics Denmark: Presentation of Danish method to take care of confidentiality providing statistical data on grids.
Abstract

12.00 - 12.30
Discussion and summary

12.30 - 13.30
Lunch break

13.30 - 16.15
Session 3. GI infrastructure and use of spatial database

Session organiser: Mr. Ekkehard Petri, Eurostat
(e-mail: ekkehard.petri@ec.europa.eu)

13.30 - 13.40
Opening the session

13.40 - 14.00
Jari Nieminen, Statistics Finland: Use of spatial data in the new production environment and in a data warehouse

14.00 - 14.20
Rina Tammisto, Statistics Finland: Producing grid data in the new production environment.
Abstract

14.20 - 14.40
Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, Statistics Norway: Municipality to State - geostatistics

14.40 - 15.15
Coffee

15.15 - 15.45
Arvid Lillethun, Norwegian Mapping and Cadaster Authority: Metadata - content, registration, services

15.45 - 16.15
Discussion and summary

16.15 - 16.30
Break

16.30 - 17.45
Session 4. The poster session

Session organiser: Ms. Ulla-Maarit Saarinen, Statistics Finland
(e-mail: ulla-maarit.saarinen@stat.fi)

In the poster session each poster may be individually presented by their author (5 - 10 minutes each poster).

Posters:

Margrete Steinnes and Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, Statistics Norway: Geostatistics in Norway. Presentation

Trine Haagensen and Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, Statistics Norway: Geostatistics at Statistics Norway. Presentation

Pierre Jamagne, Statistics Belgium: Statistical districts, the smallest standard territorial units used by Statistics Belgium for dissemination

Werner Meyer, Swiss Federal Statistical Office: Maps using grids of varying size

Michael Berg Rasmussen, Statistics Denmark: Calculating commuting distances in Denmark

The award for best poster was given to 'Calculating commuting distances in Denmark'. The reasons for the award were that the poster gives a clear picture of the topic and presents a good example of the workflow processes in producing spatial statistics.

Get-together in the evening ('off-the-programme')

Friday 21 September

9.15 - 12.30
Session 5. Web map applications

Session organiser: Mrs. Marianne Vik Dysterud, Statistics Norway
(e-mail: marianne.vik.dysterud@ssb.no)

9.15 - 9.25
Opening the session

9.25 - 9.55
Ekkehard Petri, Eurostat: Tables, Graphs, Maps - the new interactive user interface to Eurostat data. Abstract

9.55 - 10.25
Johan Stålnacke, Statistics Sweden: Open source WMS as an alternative.
Abstract

10.25 - 11.00
Coffee

11.00 - 11.30
Marianne Vik Dysterud, Statistics Norway: PX-Map2 - highlights and a demonstration of the map module launched from Statistics Norway Statbank
Paper

11.30 - 12.00
Jussi Arpalahti, Statistics Finland: Implementing web map applications in different services - experiences from election map applications

12.00 - 12.30
Discussion and summary

12.30 - 13.30
Lunch break

13.30 - 14.30
Reflection for the future

Chair: Mrs. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland

13.30 - 13.40
A Norwegian initiative to revise a land use classification (Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, Statistics Norway)

13.40 - 13.50
Nordic Forum for Geostatistics
- introduction (Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland)

13.50 - 14.00
The European Grid Club
- introduction (Lars Backer, Statistics Sweden)

14.00 - 14.30
Discussion

14.30 - 14.45
Closing the seminar