Norfolk Knowledge Network N3

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Norfolk Knowledge Network N3

• The future of the Norfolk Data Observatory
  engagement with Norfolks LAA
• Wendy Pontin
• Norfolk County Council

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Background

• 1998 started as part of Shaping the Future
  (StF) research network development of web
  application to share and report labour market and
  learning and skills information - using EEDA and
  partnership funding
• 2001 development taken over by Geowise with
  further funding from EEDA developed into
  Norfolk Data Observatory
• Annual local funding contributions from StF, LSC
  and Learning Partnership dedicated staff
  resource funded
• 2003 further funding from European LogIN
  project for development - annual funding from
  Partners no longer available. Staff resource made
  permanent within NCC
• 2004 move to reposition NDO as part of Norfolk
  Ambition Community Plan (County Strategic
  Partnership) Norfolk Knowledge Network N3.
  Temporary funding for one year agreed
• 2005 Feasibility Study commissioned by N3
  Project Board

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Recommendations

• Feasibilty study recommended that
• NDO should continue to be developed to satisfy
  the requirement for data sharing between partners
• Taken to CSP Board who agreed to
• Continue funding NDO for a further year
• Undertake development of NDO to make it fit for
  purpose to monitor and report on Norfolks LAA
  indicators
• Look into longer term funding requirements for
  NDO

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Development of NDO

• Currently based on ESRI ArcIMS software
• Intend to transfer to Geowise platform
• Instant Profiler
• Instant Atlas (SVG)
• All data and current functionality of NDO will be
  transferred users will see it as an upgrade,
  not new product
• PLUS

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Additional features

• Better themed profiling area, group of areas
  (text, graphs, charts etc)
• Dashboards using SVG presenting chosen
  indicator over a range of areas (map, table, time
  series graph etc)
• Profile dashboards using SVG to present themed
  profiles interactively with map to chose area
• Performance dashboards using SVG to measure
  themed LAA indicators against target traffic
  lighting

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Profiles
Area Type Information Wards This section gives
some information about the type of geographical
area to which the area being profiled in this
report belongs Wards are the key building block
of UK administrative geography.
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Profiles
Crime Breakdown
 Click here for metadata   The overall crime
rate for Bethnal Green North is 12.58 per 1,000
population. This is not significantly different
than the rate for the London Borough of Tower
Hamlets. A crime rate breakdown is given in the
table below.
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Profiles

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Standard dashboard
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Profile dashboard
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Performance dashboard
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Conclusion

• In general more user friendly, quicker to
  refresh, more versatile interactive mapping
  only a part of the site reporting and profiling
  more important
• Hope to include Waveney as part of local area
• Focus on LAA leverage for more local data
  sets!!
• Better integrated links with other local data
  sharing websites and to reports / research etc