This page contains information on “Web-based mapping for open access – building capacity and exploring user preferences”, a one year project funded by the Macaulay Development Trust (start: March 2016). The project’s primary aim was to enhance the James Hutton Institute’s capability to promote wider use of socio-economic and environmental data through open access mapping tools. The research has been carried out by staff in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group [1] at the James Hutton Institute and was split into three work packages, described on our funding application as follows:
The web mapping application developed as part of this work will provide a user-friendly resource to view and download spatial social and economic datasets produced by researchers in SEGS [1]. Our research activities included an external workshop held in Edinburgh on the 3rd October 2016 (“Exploring online mapping applications for socio-economic data: their use and impact”), which explored the needs and preferences of professional end users with regards to online mapping. In addition, three mini-workshops were held with social, natural and computer scientists at the James Hutton Institute in order to explore the “Greener” objective in Scottish policy, and its quantification and measurement for small geographical areas.
Included below are downloadable reports and other project outputs. For further information on this work, please contact the investigators Jonathan Hopkins [2] or Andrew Copus [3].
SEP Index final report - Executive Summary (full report published in 2015) Download [5]
Infographics for the SEP Index values and Strategic Objective scores for data zones in rural areas and small towns. These include graphs which show average values/scores for different regions, based on the 8-fold version of the Scottish Government's Urban Rural Classification. (Please note that the analysis in the final report used the 6-fold version of this classification, and the Executive Summary does not therefore distinguish between "remote" and "very remote" types of rural area and small town).
SEP Index values (2011) Download [6]
Strategic Objective score: Wealthier and Fairer (2011) Download [7]
Strategic Objective score: Healthier (2011) Download [8]
Strategic Objective score: Safer and Stronger (2011) Download [9]
Strategic Objective score: Smarter (2011) Download [10]
Data table 1 (SEPDATA.csv): data zone information and raw data for all data zones in Scotland. Download [11]
Data table 2 (SEPDATA_RST.csv): data zone information, raw data, scores and SEP Index values for data zones within rural areas and small towns in Scotland. Download [12]
Metadata: includes description of contents of the data tables, and details of how the Strategic Objective scores and SEP Index were calculated. Download [13]
This project was funded by the Macaulay Development Trust. [28]
Links:
[1] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/groups/social-economic-and-geographical-sciences
[2] mailto:jonathan.hopkins@hutton.ac.uk
[3] mailto:andrew.copus@hutton.ac.uk
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/MDT WP1 Writeup published.pdf
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/SEP%20INDEX%20-%20Executive%20Summary.pdf
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/SEP%20Index%20values%20(2011).pdf
[7] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Strategic%20Objective%20score%20Wealthier%20and%20Fairer%20(2011).pdf
[8] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Strategic%20Objective%20score%20Healthier%20(2011).pdf
[9] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Strategic%20Objective%20score%20Safer%20and%20Stronger%20(2011).pdf
[10] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Strategic%20Objective%20score%20Smarter%20(2011).pdf
[11] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/SEPDATA.csv
[12] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/SEPDATA_RST.csv
[13] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Metadata - SEP Index raw data, scores and index.pdf
[14] http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabgis02.hutton.ac.uk%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FSEGSOnlineMapping%2Fmapchoropleth_beta%2FMapServer&source=sd
[15] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Metadata - mapping tool spatial data web.pdf
[16] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/MDT%20WP3%20writeup%20-%20150317.pdf
[17] http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00473312.pdf
[18] http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/12/8280/4
[19] http://simd.scot/
[20] http://datashine.org.uk
[21] http://scotland.datashine.org.uk
[22] http://luminocity3d.org
[23] http://www.nordmap.se/
[24] http://statistics.gov.scot/
[25] http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/
[26] http://sifss.hutton.ac.uk/
[27] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/introduction
[28] http://www.macaulaydevelopmenttrust.org/
[29] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/jonathan-hopkins
[30] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/andrew-copus
[31] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/departments/social-economic-and-geographical-sciences
[32] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/segs-active-projects