NFGS 2007 Conference Helsinki, Finland

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.

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
  • Pierre Jamagne, Statistics Belgium: Statistical districts, the smallest standard territorial units used by Statistics Belgium fot 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.

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