VisionofBritainGBHistoricalGISDataModels.pptVIP

July 2006 Vision of Britain/GB Historical GIS:Data Models Humphrey Southall(University of Portsmouth/Great Britain Historical GIS) A Vision of Britain through Time is … Three year project funded by UK National Lottery Not JISC, not ESRC … Built on earlier data and boundary digitisation projects A seriously popular (and populist) web site c. 50,000 unique users per month Listed among top 20 sites for British family history Good reviews in Terre Haute, Indiana www.VisionOfB.uk Presents 200 years of British census and vital registration data to a general audience: Life Long Learners Much of the demand is from local and family historians Data items must be disassociated from original context Original tables cover whole country for single date Users want time series for single location Vision of Britain: Statistical Content 11,638,984 data values in current live system Statistical content very ordinary – British social statistics “greatest hits” Mainly from census and vital registration records ‘Key statistics’ from 2001 census, for 408 local authorities As far as possible, equivalent data for earlier dates back to 1801, created for same units by re-districting Every parish-level table (c. 15,000 areas) 1851-1971 Decennial cause of death data 1851-1910: cause by age by sex by district by decade (c. 2m data values) Basic vital registration counts for all local authorities in England and Wales for every year 1910-73 More on unemployment and poor law, land use to come NB c. 2/5 of data non-census Vision of Britain: Other content Gazetteer/Geographical name authority (51,992 administrative units) Descriptive Gazetteers (90,000+ entries; c. 5m words) Images of three sets of One Inch maps of Britain (20 Gb of scans) Accessed via OGC WMS implemented using Minnesota Mapserver Administrative Boundaries (54,727 polygons) Text of the Preliminary and General Reports of every census 1801-1961 (3m. words) Guide to Census Reports: Great Britain 1801-1966 (279 pages). 13 Travelle