From rail timetables to regional and urban indicators on rail passenger services
An analysis of rail passenger services in Europe, focusing on regional and urban indicators.
Read articleAssessing access to green areas in Europe’s cities
A new working paper published by Directorate-General Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission presents an analysis of the spatial distribution of both population and green areas throughout the cities’ territory, producing indicators on the proximity...Read article
Geospatial Information and Earth Observations: Supporting Official Statistics in Monitoring the SDGs
On March 8-11, the 47th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission took place in New York. In a side event, the use of geospatial and earth observation data inputs into the targets and indicators of the SDGs were discussed. The...Read article
Statistics Portugal (INE) engagement with INSPIRE
Statistics Portugal (INE) has been involved with the INSPIRE process since the Directive entered into force in Portugal, through a close cooperation with the National Mapping Agency, currently part of the General Directorate for the Territory (DGT). The transposition...Read article
2010 Brazilian Population Census Grid data is now available
We are happy to announce that the Statistical Grid with data from the 2010 Brazilian Population Census is available. Access can be made through the page http://mapas.ibge.gov.br/interativos/grade.htmlRead articleGISCO and joint UN-GGIM: EUROPE – ESS meeting 10-11 March 2016
On 10 and 11 March 2016 in Eurostat (Luxembourg) two meetings took place: GISCO Working Party Meeting: Geospatial and statistical information – Joint meeting with National Mapping Agencies and National Statistical Offices and Joint UN-GGIM: Europe –...Read article
Invitation for EFGS 2016 Conference
The European Forum for Geography and Statistics is pleased to invite you to the 9th Conference on the integration of geography and statistics. The EFGS 2016 Paris Conference is to be held from 15 to 17th November, 2016 at the Hotel Mercure Paris Vaugirard Porte...Read article
New EFGS.info layout released!
We have a pleasure to inform that new EFGS.info layout has been released. New layout has been prepared within GEOSTAT 2 project which aims (inter alia) to set up an attractive and user friendly Wiki solution for geospatial statistics. Tasks includes searching and...Read article