Marianne Vik Dysterud, Statistics Norway mvd@ssb.no
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators ,
Rome 5 – 6 March 2007
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Main Economic Indicators in PX-Map2
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Background
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Some highlights of PX-Map2
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Demo using MEI-data from OECD
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Some temporary limitations
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PX-Map in the future
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Questions
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

Background of PX-Map2
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PX-Map is one of the Norwegian contributions to the
PC-Axis Family
• replacement of PX-Map 1.07 and PX-iMap
(VB and ASP)
• joint source code
– different GUIs for local version and Web version
– efficient maintenance and development
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PX-Map2 is developed in .Net, C# and java script
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

Background of PX-Map2 cont.
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General requirements
– standalone program and as embedded program
– Windows and Web environments
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Data format requirements
– PC-Axis file format
– character separated text-file
– SVG ( Scalable Vector Graphic)
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Adaptation requirement
– Transformation possibilities for ESRI shape files to SVG
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

Some highlights of PX-Map2
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Gives you an overview of your data instantly
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Maps are made and changed on the fly
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Choropleth maps and symbol maps
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2-color-scale around a user-defined threshold value
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Language.xml – add texts in your own language
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Default values for language, classification type and others could be set in a configuration file
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End user adjusting of colors, classification type and others are stored in cookies
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Scrolling values gives an experience of ”animation” due to the dynamic
SVG format
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FREE of CHARGE
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

Launch PX-Map2 as standalone module
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

Some temporary limitations
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Microsoft IE and Adobe SVG reader
• data format (px-files, text-files)
• number of polygons (performance)
• one region level in SVG
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

PX-Map2 in the future
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Will SVG “survive”??
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Data format
– SDMX-ML ?
– other?
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Some demanded functionalities
– Firefox
– statistics for more than one level of regions
– combination of scravour and symbol in one map
– direct printouts
– storing several maps “on one page”
– …
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

PX-Map2 in the future
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PX-Map 3.0 in 2008 is depending on
– demands for new functionalities
– economical resources
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

SVG
Transform temp.svg
SHP2SVG.exe
shape dBase
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Please feel free to address questions and comments to mvd@ssb.no
or pxmap@ssb.no
Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no

Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical Indicators. Rome 5 – 6 March 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no