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Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses, Noumea, New Caledonia, 4-8 Feb 2008 A presentation by Mr Kevin Hosking Cook Islands Statistics Office. Topics. Use of GIS, GPS and remote sensing in censuses and, Use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in censuses.

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  1. Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses, Noumea, New Caledonia, 4-8 Feb 2008A presentation byMr Kevin HoskingCook Islands Statistics Office

  2. Topics • Use of GIS, GPS and remote sensing in censuses and, • Use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in censuses.

  3. Recent developments PopGis Allow integration of statistics data with spatial information Allow for different ways of presenting information to stakeholders. Use of GPS Subject has been discussed in the CISO Allow more accurate spatial data E.g. enumerators cannot find dwellings Use of GIS, GPS and remote sensing in censuses • Remote Sensing • Using MapInfo • Satellite photos • Hardware compatibility

  4. Benefits of using OCR in census data capture…. Timeliness Faster publication output Aide decision making The Use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in censuses. • Eliminates manual data capture • More time spent on Verification of data

  5. Meitaki Maata e Kia Manuia

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