EFGS has experience in providing training for European statisticians in GIS and geodata. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, EFGS gave GIS courses within the European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) framework. ESTP is to provide European statisticians with the opportunity to participate in international training courses, workshops and seminars at the postgraduate level.
Courses under the ESTP have a truly international dimension to meet the challenges of comparable statistics at the European and international levels. Classes focus on harmonised European concepts and legislation, as well as the implementation practices at the national level.
Eurostat coordinates the programme. Courses are delivered either at Eurostat premises in Luxembourg or national training sites of EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.
EFGS has provided the following courses:
ESTP 2014: GIS in Statistics and Preparations for INSPIRE Reporting Obligations, Oslo, Norway
GIS course
Programme, presentations and photos, ESTP Course 7th to 9th of May 2014
Title: GIS in Statistics and Preparations for INSPIRE Reporting Obligations
Preliminary programme as of 24th of April 2014
Wednesday, 7th of May: Introduction and production of data
Morning session, theory
- 09.00-09.15 Welcome to Statistics Norway Torstein Arne Bye, Statistics Norway
- 09.15-10.00 Opening and rounds of introduction Anne S Trolie, Statistics Norway
- 10.00-10.30 GIS and the Statistical Production Chain The process in a NSI for contributing to the GEOSTAT 2011 grid Ola Nordbeck, Statistics Norway
- 10.30-11.00 How to produce population gridded data following the aggregation approach (based on register data) Ola Nordbeck, Statistics Norway
- 11.00-12.30 How to produce population gridded data following the hybrid approach (based on various data sources as register data, land use data etc.) Arslan Ahmedov, Statistics Bulgaria
- 12.30-13.15 Lunch
Afternoon session, practical work
- 13.15-13.30 Brief introduction to Hands-on exercise: Production of gridded population statistics Ola Nordbeck, Statistics Norway
- 14.00-15.30 Production of gridded population statistics
Find the manual here: http://www.efgs.info/geostat/1B/frontpage/appendix1-production-procedures-bottom-up
For toolbox example developed in the course (click here) Ola Nordbeck, Erik Engelien, Statistics Norway - 15.30-16.30 Automatisation of the grid production Ola Nordbeck Ola Nordbeck, Statistics Norway
- 17.45 Cultural event
- 20.30 Dinner
Thursday 8th of May: Preparations for Inspire Reporting Obligations
Morning session
- 09.00-11.00 Inspire for Statistical Offices Find INSPIRE Data Specification on Population Distribution* and on Statistical Units** Arvid Lillethun, Norwegian Mapping Authority
- 11.00-12.00 ArcGIS for Inspire Olav Kavli, GEODATA AS (ESRI-Distributor)
For more info: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-inspire - 12.00-12.45 Lunch
Afternoon session
- 12.45-15.00 Harmonisation in ArcGIS For exercise (click here) Olav Kavli, GEODATA AS (ESRI-Distributor)
- 15.00-17.00 Inspire metadata in ArcGIS Olav Kavli, GEODATA AS (ESRI-Distributor)
Friday 9th of May: Spatial analyses
Morning session
- 09.00-09.30 Introduction to spatial analyses Erik Engelien, Statistics Norway
- 09.30-10.00 Introduction to Hands-on exercise Erik Engelien, Statistics Norway
- 10.00-12.00 Hands-on exercise (Accessibility studies) For developed toolbox (click here)
- 12.00-12.45 Lunch
Afternoon session
- 12.45-13.15 Presentation of results Participants
- 13.15-14.15 How to automatise the hands-on exercise Erik Engelien, Ola Nordbeck, Participants
- 14.15-14.30 Summing up and closing down Ola Nordbeck, Statistics Norway
- 14.30-15.00 Closing session – Evaluation of the course Anne S Trolie, Statistics Norway
* http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Data_Specifications/INSPIRE_DataSpecification_SU_v3.0.pdf
** http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Data_Specifications/INSPIRE_DataSpecification_PD_v3.0.pdf
ESTP 2013: Use of GIS - Representing statistics on thematic maps Basic Level, Kongsvinger, Norway
ESTP 2013 GIS course
Travel information and Pictures from the course
Geographic Information Systems: Use of GIS in NSIs – Representing statistics on thematic maps Basic Level
| Module: Introduction to GIS at NSIs | ||
| A01 | 09:15 – 09:30 | Opening Mr Per Morten Holt |
| A02 | 09:30 – 10:00 | Introduction and practical information. Anne S Trolie |
| A03 | 10:00 – 11:00 | Introduction to EFGS and GIS. Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break | |
| A04 | 11:15 – 12:00 | Communicating statistics on maps – thematic mapping and geovisualization Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
| A05 | 13:00 – 14:30 | Basic steps in gvSIG. Hands on exercises Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break | |
| A06 | 14:45 – 16:15 | Map elements and map design. Hands on Exercise Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 16:15 | Cultural event | |
| 18:30 – 21:30 | Statistics Norway gives a get together dinner at Skansgården | |
Wednesday, March 6
| Module: First steps in building a map Module: Experience sharing, geostatistical units and introduction to software |
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| B01 | 09:00 – 10:00 | Principles of symbolisation and generalisation. Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break | |
| B02 | 10:15 – 12:00 | Choropleth mapping technique and data classification methods – Hands on exercises Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
| B03 | 13.00 – 14.30 | Dot and proportional symbol mapping technique – Hands on Exercise Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break | |
| B04 | 14.45 – 16.30 | Presentation of results of hands on exercise and discussion . Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
Thursday, March 7
| Module: Thematic mapping techniques and summing up/evaluation/closing of course | ||
| C01 | 09:00 – 10:00 | Using proper technique for representing statistics on maps – case study Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break | |
| C03 | 10:15 – 12:00 | Discussion on thematic mapping techniques – Group work Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
| C04 | 13:00 – 14:30 | Sharing geodata with others, discovering geodata – An introduction to INSPIRE Ekkehard Petri |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break | |
| C05 | 14:45 – 15:30 | Creating metadata on spatial data – hands – on exercise. Ekkehard Petri |
| E03 | 15:30 – 15:40 | Summing up. Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
| E04 | 15:40 – 16:00 | Closing session – Evaluation of the course. Anne S Trolie |
ESTP 2012: Use of GIS for making statistics in a production environment, Oslo, Norway
ESTP2012 Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Use of GIS for making statistics in a production environment
Mon March 26
| Module: Introduction to GIS, Geostatistics, INSPIRE, Business model | |||
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Lecturer |
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| 09:00 – 09:15 | Registration |
Ms Ingvild Møller |
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A01 |
09:15 – 09:30 |
Mr Olav Ljones |
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A02 |
09:30 – 10:00 |
Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
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A03 |
09:30 – 10:00 |
Introduction to EFGS |
Mr Lars Henrik Backer |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Break |
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A04 |
11:15 – 12:00 |
General introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and its use in NSI |
Ms Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
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A05 |
13:00 – 14:30 |
Mr Ekkehard Petri |
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14:30 – 14:45 |
Break |
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Mr Erik Sommer |
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16:15 |
Sightseeing at the Opera house |
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18:30 |
Statistics Norway gives a get together dinner |
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Tue March 27
Wed March 28
| Module: Data capture, spatial analyses and methods of grid statistics harmonisation | |||
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Ms Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
Break |
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Ms Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
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Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
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11:45 – 12:45 |
Lunch |
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C04 |
12:45 – 13:45 |
Hands-on exercise: Assessing the data quality and coverage (data) |
Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
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Methods of producing gridded statistics and methods used to harmonise statistics on grid |
Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
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Ms Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
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15.00 – 15.15 |
Break |
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C07 |
15:15 – 16:45 |
Hands-on exercise: Spatial analyses of gridded statistics, knowledge generation and use of multiple sources (data) |
Ms Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
Thur March 29
| Module: Web GIS and data dissemination | |||
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Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
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Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Break |
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Ms Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
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Introduction to the web GIS and Dissemination of results, maps and figures |
Mr Ola Erik Nordbeck |
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D05 |
13:30 – 15:00 |
Hands-on exercise: Geostatistical units. Classification |
Mr Oliver Heiden |
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15:00 |
Spare time at the participants’ own disposal |
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Fri March 30 |
Modul: Trends and research… |
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E01 |
09:00 – 10:00 |
Hands-on exercise: Dissemination |
Mr Ola Erik Nordbeck |
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Ms Diana Makarenko-Piirsalu |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
Break |
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E03 |
10:45 – 11:30 |
Summing up – Tour de Table |
Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch |
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E04 |
11:30 – 12:00 |
Closing session – Evaluation of the course. |
Mr Vilni Verner Holst Bloch / Ingvild Møller |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
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