SASPAC Bulletin - October 2008

The software for users of census and small area statistics

SASPAC Bulletin - October 2008 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.
Release of SASPAC v9.00! SASPAC v9.00 has now been finalised and copies are currently being prepared for distribution. Subscribers can expect to receive their version towards the end of this month. For the first time the SASPAC team have decided to distribute the software on USB memory drives. These will contain the software installation - safely partitioned so that it cannot be removed - as well as plenty of additional space for further use.
SASPAC v9.00 and InstantAtlas SASPAC v9.00 includes the brand new InstantAtlas for SASPAC web publishing application. This integrates version 5 of Geowise Ltd's recently launched InstantAtlas software into SASPAC. Although SASPAC's existing web publisher remains, IA for SASPAC provides a number of significant enhancements to both the publishing process and the final published reports. An example of the page you will be able to produce along with a video of the software in action can be seen on the SASPAC website. Significant discounts are available to users wishing to purchase more templates or upgrade to the 'Designer and Style Editor' version of InstantAtlas. In addition to IA for SASPAC, v9.00 includes a new Quick Start menu, improved MS Excel integration and a fully updated help manual. Please contact the helpdesk for more details.
SASPAC Training The next SASPAC training dates will take place at City Hall, London on 18/19 November. A booking form and programme is available from our website. The training manual has now been updated to incorporate the Google Maps and Google Earth functionality released with SASPAC v8.50. A full copy of this and the training slide shows are also available from our website's training page.
Geographical Referencing: a practical workshop This is a one-day workshop aimed at researchers and analysts working with geographically-referenced data. The event is being run as part of the ESRC Geo-Refer project and includes a 'hands-on' session using SASPAC and other software applications. More details and a booking form are available in both a Word and PDF format.
SUF Conference 2008 - Transforming Official Statistics to Serve Society To be held at the Royal Statistical Society in London on Wednesday 12th November, this year's Statistics User Forum conference will review the role and scope of official statistics in a 21st century democracy in the context of the Statistics and Registration Service Act (2007). More details can be found on the RSS website and a conference flyer along with booking form can be found here.

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