Researchers
Dr Jason Dykes
Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information, City University
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Robert Radburn
Research Manager, Leicestershire County Council
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Abstract:
This 10-month part-time UPTAP fellowship builds on existing work,
skills and knowledge to develop capacity in visualization within Leicestershire
County Council (LCC). The fellowship aims to: develop key skills in
the visual analysis of geographic information; apply these to analyse
customer data and inform service provision; share the knowledge and
skills and embed them in local authority practice; develop mutually
beneficial links between local government and academia. Visualization
is applied to a rich spatio-temporal data set maintained by Leicestershire
Library Services (LLS) to increase understanding of population trends
in Leicestershire.
Methods for skill upgrading draw upon existing work and resources
including the award winning learning environment at City University
London. A range of flexible technologies provide scope for visualization,
including: mySQL; PHP; KML; SVG; JavaScript; HTML; CSS; Tcl/Tk. Marketing
techniques form the basis of the analysis following successful pilot
studies. These methods will be combined to explore research questions
involving the identification of:
'best users', behaviours relating to priority groups, patterns in
space and change over time.
Results will be communicated through seminars, articles and presentations
at meetings relevant to local government, academia, the library sector
and the UPTAP community via local, regional and national fora.
Department:
Geographic Information, City University and Leicestershire County
Council
Duration:
1/10/08 - 31/07/09
Grant Type:
User Fellowship
Publications
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research findings [PDF]
Dykes, J. and Radburn, R. (2010) vizLib: Using the seven stages of
visualization to explore population trends and processes in local
authority research, UPTAP Research Findings, forthcoming.
Radburn, R., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2009) vizLib: Developing capacity
for exploratory data analysis in local government - Visualization
of library customer behaviour, In Proceedings of the GIS Research
UK 17th Annual Conference GISRUK 2009, University of Durham, Durham
pp. 381-388
Presentations
Radburn, R. (2009) Presentation at ‘Data Visualization Day’
at City University London, July. (40 participants from local authorities
and research organisations).
Radburn, R. (2009) Presentation at Regional Output Area Workshop
(with Dan Vickers). (50 participants from various public service organisations
in the East Midlands)
Radburn, R. (2009) Presentation at Regional Workshop on ‘Putting
People in Place at the heart of Comprehensive Area Assessment’.
(50 participants).
Radburn, R. (2009) Presentation at a “Presenting Data Masterclass”
organised by Intelligence East Midlands, Leicester Space Centre. (80
participants)
Radburn, R. (2009) Presentation at the 2009 Local Authority Research
and Intelligence Association (LARIA) annual conference. (200 local
authority researchers)
