EDINBURGH, UK – 07 May 2008 The Greater London Authority Data Management and Analysis Group (DMAG) selected InstantAtlas from GeoWise, an ESRI Holdings company, to deliver easy to use, highly-interactive atlases of the London Mayor and Assembly Constituency level election results on its website. The election results, released late on Friday 2nd May, are available to view online in map form at http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/elections/mayoral/flash/atlas.html
InstantAtlas provided a quick and easy, off-the-shelf tool for the DMAG to build interactive presentations of the results without using up valuable resources.
"We had challenging timescales to develop the election results reports. We were able to create, customise and brand them in a few days so they were ready and waiting for the results as they came in,” said Alan Lewis, Senior Analyst within DMAG. “Given the delay in the results being announced due to consideration of second preference votes, it was a late night for us on Friday but the London Mayor atlas was live for Saturday morning and we are very pleased with the online maps".
The highly-interactive atlases produced help communicate the election results in a simple and effective form using InstantAtlas, a powerful data visualisation tool that graphically presents location-based statistical data making local and regional data patterns easy to view and analyse.
Janet Worth, Executive Director Corporate Services, Greater London Authority, said: "I think the presentation of the 2008 Mayoral and Assembly election results using these interactive web pages looks fantastic. They really help to communicate the data in an interesting and exciting manner.”
About GLA DMAG
The GLA offers data management and analysis services provided by its statisticians and researchers who have a range of professional and technical skills in the fields of statistics, demography, geographic information and data presentation. The Data Management and Analysis Group (DMAG) deals with various types of socio-economic and demographic data, its management and analysis, and has particular expertise in the analysis of government-generated data sets such as the Census, Annual Population Survey, population estimates, unemployment and welfare benefits data. See also: http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/dmag/
About GeoWise & InstantAtlas
In March 2008, ESRI Holdings, a group of companies including ESRI (UK), ESRI Ireland and Helyx SIS, acquired GeoWise Ltd, a leading provider of visualisation software for location-based statistical data, complementing the group’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capabilities.
GeoWise Ltd’s visualisation software helps information analysts and GIS professionals create and manage interactive web applications that improve the management and visualisation of statistical data, and engage people in more informed geography-based decision-making.
GeoWise, develops InstantAtlas™, a powerful software tool for the graphical presentation of location-based statistical data which makes local and regional patterns easy to see and explore. It allows templates to be used to present spatial and temporal indicators and statistics as eye-catching, interactive area profiles, atlases, dashboards, and performance reports. The GeoWise team has a unique blend of skills in design, software, geography and statistics. See also: www.instantatlas.com
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