A new mapping service from EDINA, who are behind Digimap for Schools
Here is the description from the Data Nation website.
DataNation is a newresource which combines official 2011 census data with authoritative Ordnance Survey maps.
You can investigate local socio-economic conditions, view, analyse and personalise this data resulting in more critical thinking across the curriculum.
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Features
- Office of National Statistics and National Records of Scotland 2011 Census Data
- Free learning resources
- Historical mapping from the 1890's and 1950's
- Aerial Imagery for the whole of Great Britain
- Ability to annotate and personalise your maps
- Create and add your own data layers to maps
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Benefits
- Encourages critical thinking across the curriculum
- Improves data analysis and data handling
- Create your own data sets and overlay them on OS maps
- Allows users to view historical changes in human and physical geography
- Fantastic for providing secondary data sources for NEA
- Ideal for exploring Modern Studies themes e.g. ageing populations; ethnicity
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DataNation enables users to identify small geographic areas and overlay census data on Individuals, Household and Neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood Descriptions and Demographics
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Graphic Representation of Census Data
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Data from specific regions can quickly and easily be presented in graphical format or simply downloaded to be manually manipulated or investigated.
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Special introductory whole school/unlimited use price of £199!
Some Learning Resources have already been created.
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