GIS and the 2020 Census: Modernizing Official Statistics
Authors: Amor Laaribi – Linda Peters
ISBN-10: 1589485041
ISBN-13: 9781589485044
Publication Date 出版日期: 2019-06-10
Print Length 页数: 264 pages
Book Description
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Census workers need to capture and analyze information at the finest geographic level with mobile and geospatial-based technology.
GIS and the 2020 Census: Modernizing Official Statistics guides statistical organizations with the most recent GIS methodologies and technological tools to support census workers’ needs at all the stages of a census. Learn how to plan and carry out census work with GIS using new technologies for field data collection and operations management. After planning and collecting data,apply innovative solutions for performing statistical analysis,data integration and dissemination. Additional topics cover cloud computing,big data,location as a Service (LaaS),and emerging data sources.
While GIS and the 2020 Census focuses on using GIS and other geospatial technology in support of census planning and operations,it also offers guidelines for building a statistical-geospatial information infrastructure in support of the 2020 Round of Censuses,evidence-based decision-making,and sustainable development. Case studies illustrate concepts in practice.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Contributions and acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The role of GlS in census
Chapter 3: Changing technology
Chapter 4: Establishing the foundation-the geodatabase
Chapter 5: Imagery
Chapter 6: Planning your work with GlS
Chapter 7: Use of geospatial tools during enumeration
Chapter 8: Post-enumeration-processing
Chapter 9.Post-enumeration-dissemination and analysis
Chapter 10: Marketing geographic products and data
Chapter 11: Contemporary ideas
Appendix Acronyms
Back Cover
