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4. How to find some statistics or informationOnce you have clicked on 'Enter the Site' from the homepage, you will be taken to the map page. In the left hand column you will see a heading entitled 'Statistics'. Below this you will see a number of themes - crime, health, education etc. By clicking on one of these themes you will see datasets 'open' up beneath it. Clicking on one of these datasets will allow you to see them on a map base. It will take a few seconds for the map to generated. The animated i logo indicates that the map and dataset is being drawn down from the server. The map will now be delivered in the map frame or window as a thematic map - a map displaying the data values as coloured or hatched areas. A key will be displayed telling you what these values are and by placing the cursor over the map, values will also be displayed. You now have various map tool functions open for you to use. You can zoom in and move around the map as explained under 'How to navigate around the maps'. As the colour blocks the map out you will see on the key small squares next to the colours. By clicking on these you will find that the colour 'toggles' off and on. You can also add boundaries to the map and change the map style - as explained under 'How to navigate around the maps'. In the right hand column you will see a heading entitled 'Information'. Below this you will see a number of datasets. These are all point data - indicating a feature or service. Clicking on one of these will allow you to see them on a map base. It will take a few seconds for the map to generated. The animated i logo indicates that the map and dataset is being drawn down from the server. The map will now be delivered in the map frame or window with all the information features showing. A key will be displayed telling you what these are. You now have various map tool functions open for you to use. You can zoom in and move around the map as explained under 'How to navigate around the maps'. By placing the cursor over the information feature (point) you will see the name of the feature displayed (ie. the name of a library). By clicking twice on the feature you will see an information box with much more detailed information about that feature (ie. the location, phone number and opening hours of the library). You can print from this information box. [Top] You can also add boundaries to the map and change the map style - as explained under 'How to navigate around the maps'. Each
one of the datasets as mentioned above (Statistics and Information)
has 'metadata' attached to it. Metadata is information about data -
for example who owns the data, when it was last updated, the type of
data etc. You can view this information by clicking on the
Advanced users can search the metadata catalogue on the site. Go into 'About data' on the homepage and follow the instructions under 'Metadata'. This allows you to carry out a detailed search of all data on the site. At the foot of the left hand column you will see a button entitled 'View Data'. This only activated when you have called up a Statistic dataset and it is displayed on a map. Clicking on this button will take you to a window showing what this dataset looks like in basic tabular format. e) View Graph [Top] Also at the foot of the left hand column you will see a button entitled 'View Graph'. This only activated when you have called up a Statistic dataset and it is displayed on a map. Clicking on this button will take you to a window showing what this dataset looks like as a simple histogram. f) Area Based Reports This area of the site has a library of 'Area Based Reports'. These are various reports from the city-wide 'City Strategy' to detailed reports on perhaps just a single neighbourhood. Some documents may not be stored on the site as they are not available electronically. However you will be told of how to obtain or view such a report. Go into 'Reports' on the homepage and follow the instructions under 'Area Based Reports'. This allows you to carry out a detailed search of all reports contained on the site. You will be taken through a 3 step process to find a report. Step 1 is to locate the type of area you want the report for - city-wide, ward, neighbourhood, Area Based Initiative etc. Step 2 is to select the specific area you are interested in (ie. Sutton ward). Step 3 is to view that report. If it is available electronically it will be delivered in either Adobe Acrobat (pdf) or as a Word file (doc). Please contact us if you have any relevant documents you wish to have included in this area of the site. |
icon next to the specific dataset as displayed.