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Explore the main economic indicators using PX-Map2, a powerful tool for visualizing data. Highlights include instant data overview, customizable maps, and user-adjustable features. Free of charge and available in standalone and web versions.
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Main Economic Indicatorsvisualized in PX-Map2 Marianne Vik Dysterud, Statistics Norway mvd@ssb.no Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators, Rome 5 – 6 March 2007
Main Economic Indicators in PX-Map2 • Background • Some highlights of PX-Map2 • Demo using MEI-data from OECD • Some temporary limitations • PX-Map in the future • Questions Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
Background of PX-Map2 • PX-Map is one of the Norwegian contributions to the PC-Axis Family • replacement of PX-Map 1.07 and PX-iMap (VB and ASP) • joint source code • different GUIs for local version and Web version • efficient maintenance and development • PX-Map2 is developed in .Net, C# and java script Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
Background of PX-Map2 cont. • General requirements • standalone program and as embedded program • Windows and Web environments • Data format requirements • PC-Axis file format • character separated text-file • SVG ( Scalable Vector Graphic) • Adaptation requirement • Transformation possibilities for ESRI shape files to SVG Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
Some highlights of PX-Map2 • Gives you an overview of your data instantly • Maps are made and changed on the fly • Choropleth maps and symbol maps • 2-color-scale around a user-defined threshold value • Language.xml – add texts in your own language • Default values for language, classification type and others could be set in a configuration file • End user adjusting of colors, classification type and others are stored in cookies • Scrolling values gives an experience of ”animation” due to the dynamic SVG format • FREE of CHARGE Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
DEMO Launch PX-Map2 as standalone module Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
Some temporary limitations • Microsoft IE and Adobe SVG reader • data format (px-files, text-files) • number of polygons (performance) • one region level in SVG Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
PX-Map2 in the future • Will SVG “survive”?? • Data format • SDMX-ML ? • other? • Some demanded functionalities • Firefox • statistics for more than one level of regions • combination of scravour and symbol in one map • direct printouts • storing several maps “on one page” • … Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
PX-Map2 in the future • PX-Map3.0 in 2008 is depending on • demands for new functionalities • economical resources Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
shape dBase SVG Conversion from shape to SVG Transform temp.svg SHP2SVG.exe
Contacts www.ssb.no/pxmap Please feel free to address questions and comments to mvd@ssb.no or pxmap@ssb.no Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no
Questions? Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no