What

EFGS promotes spatial statistics built on well integrated geography and statistics

 

Introduction to Spatial Statistics

How

EFGS works for sharing information about how to produce and present spatial statistics

 

EFGS 2026 Conference

30 September – 2 October 2026

Brussels, Belgium

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Geoportal of the UK ONS is available

The UK Office for National Statistics has a geoportal available for statistical geographies. For more info please visit the open geographic data here. -  https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page

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Population map combat poverty and poor health

A team of researchers led by the University of Southampton has launched an online project to map detailed population information from countries around the world.   The WorldPop website aims to provide open access to global demographic data which can be used to...

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Spatial statistics support European policy needs

Geospatial and statistical data used to support European regional and urban policy needs featured on UN GGIM as Best Practice. More info can be obtained: http://ggim.un.org/ . Presentation by Hugo Poelman is...

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U.S. Census release population maps

The U.S Census Bureau has added to and updated the online collection of subnational population data linked to maps (shapefiles) that are available at the Spatial Data Repository. The Repository contains a variety of data and maps primarily for countries that receive...

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Free geodata from the UK ONS

Free geographic data from the UK Office for National Statistics is now available. Geographic products, including link between postcodes and NUTS  data is now freely available via the INSPIRE compliant ONS Geography...

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