SASPAC Bulletin - December 2007

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SASPAC Bulletin - December 2007 www.saspac.org The SASPAC bulletin is regularly distributed to all SASPAC users and other interested parties. It aims to keep users up to date with the latest software news, developments and events. We hope you find this bulletin useful. To unsubscribe simply use the following link: unsubscribe.
Season's Greetings from the SASPAC team!
SASPAC v8.50 coming soon! We are currently in the final stages of software testing and expect to release the next version of SASPAC in early 2008. v8.50 incorporates a number of new features including: a Google Maps^TM interface, Google Earth^TM export tool, improved data searching facilities and updated user manual and documentation. If you have any queries about this release please do not hesitate to contact the helpdesk.
SASPAC Mashups! The latest version of Mapshore, SASPAC's integrated GIS package, has been enhanced to allow users to view images, such as thematic maps, in Google's virtual globe application. Mapshore exports your map in either a raster or vector format (.kmz) that can then be viewed in Google Earth^TM. Google Earth^TM combines satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings of the globe and is freely available from here. Since its launch, web users have been adding their own content to Google Earth^TM as overlay files - a term described as a 'Mashup' - so you now have the ability to create your own Mashups using SASPAC!. If you would like a pre-release version of Mapshore that includes this facility please contact the helpdesk.
SASPAC's Google Maps^TM Interface The SASPAC team have developed a new interface with Google's popular free web mapping application (http://maps.google.co.uk/). To be launched with SASPAC v8.50, this facility will allow users to search for geographic locations using postcodes or place names in Google Maps^TM. These are then translated into a grid reference, a search area is defined and the Output Areas that fall within this area can be selected and visualised on a Google Map (as shown in the image to the right).
New GeoWise Web Publishing tool is coming! Geowise are currently working on a new and improved Web Publisher for SASPAC. This will replicate the capabilities of their InstantAtlas software, which supports contextual and background geographies (e.g. raster maps), Flash and SVG pages as well as improved data table and legend facilities. Please visit the InstantAtlas website (http://www.instantatlas.com/) for a preview of web pages similar to those SASPAC will be able to produce. SASPAC users will also have the opportunity to upgrade to InstantAtlas' Designer and Style Editor and to purchase additional templates at a discounted rate. More details to follow in the New Year.
The Future of Geodemographics - 21st Century datasets and dynamic segmentation A one-day conference is being organised by the Market Research Society's Census and Geodemographics Group and will be held on Thursday 6 March in London. The event will bring together experts from all sides of the information industry to talk from their various perspectives about the future of Geodemographics, the impact of new data sources and the implications for society. For details of the programme and to book: http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/cgg/cggmar08.htm.
2007 ward data for Scotland Further to the Univariate Statistics, published earlier this year, Standard Tables for the 2007 Census Wards in Scotland are now available on request from the SASPAC helpdesk. In addition the recently published Census Area Statistics will be available as SASPAC System files in the new year.
Developments in statistical disclosure control seminar The Royal Statistical Society Census Study Group held a half day seminar on developments in statistical disclosure control, addressing both the 2011 censuses and official statistics in the UK more broadly. The event was held on the 10 December and the presentations are available from here.

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