Tandem_GIS

1. Tandem_GIS "Feasibility study towards a common geographical base for statistics across EU". The Tandem Consortium

2. A project Presentation On behalf of the “Tandem consortium” consisting of GIS groups at: Statistics Finland Office of National statistics (UK) Statistics Sweden The Tandem Consortium

3. Overriding goal Improve the (usefulness and the) comparability of statistics across EU The Tandem Consortium

4. The “Accountants” The Tandem Consortium

5. 1740 The Tandem Consortium

6. 1707 (Johannes Lootz) The Tandem Consortium

7. Accountant needs • A system of small relatively stable (administrative) areas. • Approximately equal populations. • Relatively homogenous across Europe. • That may be used for the aggregation of statistics on many different hirarchies of regions. The Tandem Consortium

8. The “Engineers” 1660-1700 1830 The Tandem Consortium

9. Information needed • Human systems • Societies of natural and juridical individuals. • Integrity issues very important. • Technical systems • The Man-made Environment. • Integrity issues less important. • Natural systems • The Natural Environment. • Integrity issues generally not important. The Tandem Consortium

10. 1856(utr. Ang. Stambanornas lokalisering) The Tandem Consortium

11. Engineering needs • A system of small relatively stable grids. • Approximately equal area. • Relatively homogenous across Europe. • That may be used for mapping of distribution patterns on any hierarchy of regions. The Tandem Consortium

12. Complimentary • Regular tessellations • Regular tessellations are preferred for accounting purposes. • Regular tessellations of areas with approximately Equal populations • Irregular tessellations • Irregular tessellations are preferred for action-oriented tasks. • Irregular tessellations of areas with approximately Equal area The Tandem Consortium

13. The Tandem idea • Explore the feasibility of defining a harmonised system of small statistical areas (Irregular tesselations) that may be used to compare aggregations of statistics across Europe • Explore the feasibility of defining a common system of grids (Regular tesselations)to map patterns of distribution across Europe • Explore how to integrate these two systems into an integrated system of regions and grids and indicate methods for aggregation and dis-aggregation between the two. The Tandem Consortium

14. The Method • Map the professional context and scope of the project • 1 sub-project • Theoretical asessment • 4 sub-projects • Practical asessment • 3 sub-projects • Presentation and dissemination • 1 sub-project The Tandem Consortium

15. Funds The Tandem Consortium

16. Milestones The Tandem Consortium

17. Dissemination • We will report our results to the next meeting of the Workshop on Geographical information and statistics in October 2001 • A Conclusive report with recommendations for further action. • A set of minor reports, one for each work package • A PowerPoint presentation to communicate the results for further exploitation The Tandem Consortium

18. Exploitation • If we fail, • the results of this project will be “passed over in scilence”. • If we succeed, • the result of our efforts will hopefully lead to a next stage where we extend our search for “a common geographical base for statistics across EU” to all member countries. The Tandem Consortium