Main Economic Indicators visualized in PXMap2

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Main Economic Indicatorsvisualized in PX-Map2

• Marianne Vik Dysterud, Statistics Norway
• mvd_at_ssb.no
• Dynamic Graphics for Presenting Statistical
  Indicators,
• Rome 5 6 March 2007

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Main Economic Indicators in PX-Map2

• Background
• Some highlights of PX-Map2
• Demo using MEI-data from OECD
• Some temporary limitations
• PX-Map in the future
• Questions

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Background of PX-Map2

• 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
• PX-Map2 is developed in .Net, C and java script

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Background of PX-Map2 cont.

• General requirements
• standalone program and as embedded program
• Windows and Web environments
• Data format requirements
• PC-Axis file format
• character separated text-file
• SVG ( Scalable Vector Graphic)
• Adaptation requirement
• Transformation possibilities for ESRI shape files
  to SVG

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Some highlights of PX-Map2

• Gives you an overview of your data instantly
• Maps are made and changed on the fly
• Choropleth maps and symbol maps
• 2-color-scale around a user-defined threshold
  value
• Language.xml add texts in your own language
• Default values for language, classification type
  and others could be set in a configuration file
• End user adjusting of colors, classification type
  and others are stored in cookies
• Scrolling values gives an experience of
  animation due to the dynamic SVG format
• FREE of CHARGE

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DEMO
Launch PX-Map2 as standalone module
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Some temporary limitations

• Microsoft IE and Adobe SVG reader
• data format (px-files, text-files)
• number of polygons (performance)
• one region level in SVG

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PX-Map2 in the future

• Will SVG survive??
• Data format
• SDMX-ML ?
• other?
• 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

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PX-Map2 in the future

• PX-Map 3.0 in 2008 is depending on
• demands for new functionalities
• economical resources

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Client (user)
PX-Map2,
SVG-reader, Microsoft .Net Framework

System Overview

• User customisation
• (Cookie)
• colours
• number of classes
• classification type
• ..

PX-Map2 for WEB
PX-Map2 for Windows
Components
JavaScript Library
PX-Map.css
Config.xml
PX-MapLib (.Net)
template.html
Language.xml
Data
Basic Map(s)
PX
sdv
StatBank
Excel
Other
SVG
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Conversion from shape to SVG
SVG
Transform
temp.svg
SHP2SVG.exe
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Contacts

• www.ssb.no/pxmap
• Please feel free to address questions and
  comments to
• mvd_at_ssb.no or pxmap_at_ssb.no

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Questions?