Europa, Medio Oriente & África
Observatorio Social de Álava, España -
El Observatorio Social de Álava se crea como una herramienta de información complementaria sobre la actividad de los Servicios Sociales en el Territorio Histórico. A través de esta web, la Diputación Foral de Álava pretende poner a disposición de los técnicos que trabajan en el área de Bienestar Social y de la estadísticos ciudadanía en general un núcleo de datos.Information Hub for Cornwall Community Safety Partnership -
Amethyst were one of the early innovators in the area of data sharing and crime mapping in the UK. They established a relatively sophisticated solution which went live in 2002. Their work was seen as best practice and referenced in GIS and Crime Mapping (Spencer Chainey & Jerry Ratcliffe) and Crime Mapping - Improving Performance (Police Standards Unit).Community Health Profiles for England - Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO), UK
"Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health for each local council in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and over time. We leveraged the power of Instant Atlas Server to display this complex data in an intuitive visual interface which would be equally useable by analysts, public health professionals and the public alike. Geowise could not have been more professional or cooperative in helping us achieve our vision on time and on budget."Gary Bates, Senior Applications Developer, South West Public Health Observatory
Economic Performance and Competitiveness Atlas - BAK Basel, Switzerland
With the interactive atlas you have the possibility of making direct comparisons of different indicators on economic performance in each of the different BAK regions. A chosen indicator will immediately be presented in the map, the table, as a time-series and in the barchart.Instant Atlas Display English Indices of Deprivation 2007 - Blackpool Council
This Instant Atlas display was created to show viewers custom ranges rather than dividing the data into equal intervals or quantiles for the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007 and its seven domains of deprivation. Some Local Area Agreement work is based on areas with the 3% most deprived nationally for the Index of Multiple Deprivation. This enables the viewer to sort the data and easily see where the highest pockets of deprivation in Blackpool are located. Custom ranges are created by classifying the data as categoric rather than numeric in the Data Manager.Blackpool Council Local Election 2007 - Blackpool Council
This Instant Atlas display enabled us to present live interactive election results on the council website within minutes of the results being made available. The viewer can see the Winning Party, total votes and candidate details by selecting an area on the map.Rachel Wright, Research Officer, Blackpool Council
Atlas of Deprivation - Bournemouth Borough Council
"The Performance Profile template has proved its usefulness in the presentation of this complex dataset. There are eight indicators available for each Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA). For each indicator, there is also comparison available with the previous release of the same dataset (2004). The performance profile has proved flexible enough to display the rank and score of all indicators for 2007, the rank of the corresponding indicator for 2004 (as a "target bar") and eye-catching symbols to highlight areas that have changed by "one" or "two or more" quintiles (in terms of national rank) from 2004 to 2007."Adam Park, Research & Intelligence
Child and Maternity Health Observatory (ChiMat) - Yorkshire & Humberside Public Health Observatory (YHPHO)
InstantAtlas Server provided the ChiMat team with an adaptable solution for managing and presenting quantitative data that was inexpensive and quick to implement. We were able to purchase the software and go live within three months. It was easy for our web designer to brand the InstantAtlas Server mini-site to match the ChiMat site. The highly interactive atlases delivered through the Data Views module are more engaging than static images. They allow users to explore our data and provide answers leaving our team to focus on more complex queries. The needs assessment modules we have produced through the Profile Reports module will make individuals within PCTs more productive by reducing the time it takes to produce needs assessments with local data.Kate Canning, Head of ChiMat/Senior Health Intelligence Specialist, Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat)
Community Health Profiles for England - Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO), UK
"Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health for each local council in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and over time. We leveraged the power of Instant Atlas Server to display this complex data in an intuitive visual interface which would be equally useable by analysts, public health professionals and the public alike. Geowise could not have been more professional or cooperative in helping us achieve our vision on time and on budget."Gary Bates, Senior Applications Developer, South West Public Health Observatory
Diabetes InfoBank - Diabetes UK
"The powerful visuals in InstantAtlas enable us to communicate the issues clearly with all our audiences. We can analyse local service provision versus targets and easily graph these to make our lobbying assertive and more effective. People with diabetes can also quickly see how their locality is performing."Charlotte Gosden, Information Analyst, Healthcare and Policy Team, Diabetes UK
Key Indicators Graphical System (KIGS) - Dr. Foster Intelligence
"InstantAtlas from GeoWise was the ideal solution being cost-effective and easy to implement without requiring any web or database programming skills. We have had great feedback from users on how it brings the data to life."East of England Observatory - East of England Development Agency (EEDA)
"We need a solution that is easy for our website users to access and manipulate, and for EEDA to maintain. InstantAtlas fulfils these criteria and is proving straightforward to update and expand."Tom Morrison, Knowledge and Information Team, East of England Development Agency
Regional Spatial Strategy - East of England Regional Assembly (EERA)
"Instant Atlas has allowed EERA to transform access to the data contained within our Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) annual monitoring report. Whereas previously data were held in static tables and graphs they are now presented in a format that helps dynamically and clearly display progress towards RSS targets and aids comparison over time and between authorities in the region."James Perry, Regional Analyst, EERA
Teenage Pregnancies - East Midlands Public Health Observatory (EMPHO)
EMPHO has produced interactive maps of under 18 conception data, for all Local Authorities in England, using InstantAtlas from Geowise. Maps are now available with the latest 2006 (provisional) data, along with comparators including deprivation and edata. The interactive mapping tool has also been improved, allowing the user to view the data in a number of different ways, including Significance mapping, Funnel Plots and Area Profiles.Sistema de Información sobre Salud Pública de la UE (EUPHIX), UE -
EUPHIX is a web-based knowledge system for health professionals, policy makers and others. It presents structured European public health information, giving a special insight into similarities and differences between EU Member States.KnowFife - Fife Council
"InstantAtlas enables KnowFife Dataset users to explore multi-agency data sets online and locate for themselves the information they want, drill down into it and perform their own custom analyses. It is also good to know that everyone has the same access to the information. This self service, InstantAtlas-supported approach means far fewer ad-hoc data requests for each partner, is saving everybody time and resources and most importantly is making information on Fife so much more accessible to decision makers and our citizens."Coryn Barclay, Policy Officer, Corporate Research Team, Policy and Organisational Development, Fife Council
Data Explorer - Government Office for London
"The Data Explorer has proven to be an invaluable tool as part of the Local Area Agreements (LAA) process by providing staff with a single, consistent source of comprehensive data, covering the National Indicator Set (NIS) as well as other key indicators. The success of the tool lies in the fact that it allows easy access to over 180 datasets and presents this information in a clear and easy to understand format. Staff across our organisation, from senior managers to support staff, have commented on how useful and simple the tool is to use".James Jervis, Research, Analysis & Intelligence Team
London Mayor Elections 2008 - Greater London Authority
InstantAtlas offered a quick and easy process for the DMAG team to build interactive presentations of the results. "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,” Alan Lewis, Senior Analyst within DMAG.Recorded Crime for England - Home Office
Cancer Atlas - The Institute for Cancer Epidemiology, Lübeck
The Institute for Cancer Epidemiology in Lübeck is the first German Cancer Registry to implement InstantAtas. This reports incidence and mortality rates for major cancer sites over a five-year period for Schleswig-Holstein.Regional health statistics, - National Public Health Institute, Finland

“We are using InstantAtlas for presenting regional health statistics in Finland. Our goal is to provide a balanced overview of the population's health, which is useful for health policy planners and decision makers in the districts and municipalities.
Our pilot site 'Terveytemme' (literally 'Our Health') presents the first set of health indicators. While the number of indicators in the InstantAtlas report is still quite limited, it has already received positive feedback from several directions.”
Timo Koskela, D.Sc. , Dept. of Health and Functional Capacity, National Public Health Institute, Finland
Health Reporting - - Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
The new internet presentation of state health reporting which was launched on September 15, 2008 is a dynamic product. Its contents will be continually extended and updated and the structure modified where appropriate.Leeds JSNA - Leeds PCT and Leeds City Council
Leeds PCT have produced Atlases to support the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment in partnership with Leeds City Council. The Atlases have facilitated data sharing with partners and made the data available to council members and the general public.Leicestershire Statistics and Research Online - Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire Statistics and Research Online (LSRO) holds over 800 datasets about local communities, accessible as thematic maps or tables, as well as a wealth of professional research reports with in depth analysis.North Rhine-Westphalia : Core Health Indicators by District - NRW Institute of Health and Work, Germany
"InstantAtlas is an excellent tool for presenting county-level data in a very concise way with options for interactive analysis. The County Profile contains the key indicators needed to quickly assess the overall health situation in each county. InstantAtlas enables the user to see indicator values for individual counties as well as make county-to-county comparisons and to the state averages. Using InstantAtlas for the presentation of health information will significantly simplify and enhance the use of our indicators."Dr. Wolfgang Hellmeier, Head of Health Indicators Unit, LIGA
Newhamd Information System (NIMS) - London Borough of Newham
This atlas was prepared for the Neighbourhood Information Management System (NIMS) Team of London Borough of Newham to present nationally ranked scores of multiple deprivation at small area level. The report uses our Performance Profile template which is ideal for presenting data of this kind - nationally consistent ranks of multiple domains related to deprivation. The bars of the bullet graph (top right) illustrate how varied the cross-domain profile of deprivation can be at a neighbourhood scale. The background grey bars indicate how areas rank nationally in terms of fifths (quintiles) with bars overlapping the darkest grey sections being classed in the 20% most deprived of all areas nationally.The Cancer e-Atlas - National Cancer Intelligence Network, UK
"InstantAtlas provides an ideal tool for presenting cancer statistics in an engaging and informative way. It is inexpensive and familiar to the analysts working on the Cancer e-Atlas which reduces the risk and cost for the project compared to a bespoke development."Dr Colin Pollock, Cancer e-Atlas project director
NOMAD - Nottingham City Council
"We selected InstantAtlas for ease of creating neighbourhood maps and graphs, intuitive ease-of-use, speed of operation, affordability and expected ease of implementation and integration with the council's ESRI tool-set."Mick Dunn, Corporate GIS Manager, Nottingham City Council
Community Health Profiles for England - Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO), UK
"Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health for each local council in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and over time. We leveraged the power of Instant Atlas Server to display this complex data in an intuitive visual interface which would be equally useable by analysts, public health professionals and the public alike. Geowise could not have been more professional or cooperative in helping us achieve our vision on time and on budget."Gary Bates, Senior Applications Developer, South West Public Health Observatory
Norfolk Insight - Norfolk County Council
“Some GIS and LIS solutions come packaged with national data sets at fixed area levels and present it in rigid formats, “ said Pontin. “InstantAtlas gives us the freedom to choose data sources, locally and nationally and our users the flexibility to visualise data as they want to see it.”Wendy Pontin, Principal Information Analyst, Norfolk Insight
Arabako Gizarte Behatokia (Observatorio Social de Álava, España) -

El Observatorio Social de Álava se crea como una herramienta de información complementaria sobre la actividad de los Servicios Sociales en el Territorio Histórico. A través de esta web, la Diputación Foral de Álava pretende poner a disposición de los técnicos que trabajan en el área de Bienestar Social y de la ciudadanía en general un núcleo de datos estadísticos.
Nationale Atlas Volksgezondheid – National Public Health Atlas of the Netherlands - RIVM
This atlas presents a geographical picture of the state of health and health care in the Netherlands. The report displays the levels of obesity throughout the provinces.Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council -
Double Map, showing house price, break-down property type price, household income, affordability and turnover at MSOA level.Interactive Health Atlas - South Eastern Region Public Health Observatory (SEPHO)
"I have demonstrated the software to a number of senior public health specialists and received a great deal of positive feedback - complex data previously once displayed in tedious two dimensional spreadsheets and charts is now transformed in an exciting and more meaningful manner"Steven Mo rgan, Senior Public Health Information Specialist, SEPHO
Sheffield Health and Well-being Atlas - Sheffield PCT
"InstantAtlas is helping us get health messages across through visual communications rather than rows of numbers. This saves our audiences time and makes the data much more stimulating and easier to understand. We can add commentary to presentations to assist interpretation too."Tamsin Jones, Senior Public Health Analyst, Sheffield Primary Care Trust
District Monitoring - - Statistical Office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
The new online maps for Schleswig-Holstein make it possible for different audiences to gain a quick overview of the structure and trends in each district. The data presented will be updated on regular intervals.The 34 most important indicators are visualized under four major themes: population, income, education and economics, as well as tourism and land-use.
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Tool - South West Public Health Observatory (SWPHO)
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) tool aims to help primary care trusts and local authorities jointly identify their areas of need. The Area Profile Template was chosen as there are a large number of indicators to be shown, and trend data is not widely available. In addition, the ability to compare neighbouring areas and select statistically similar areas using the filter option are very useful. Since its launch the JSNA tool has become one of the most viewed pages on the South West Public Health Observatory (SWPHO) website.
THIS Borough - London Borough of Tower Hamlets
"InstantAtlas offers the Tower Hamlets Partnership a best practice, 'off-the-shelf' neighbourhood information system that provides value for money and integrates well with core LBTH IT infrastructure from Microsoft and ESRI. It will be key to supporting a framework for managing and reporting local performance outcomes across our Local Strategic Partnership and Local Area Agreement. The InstantAtlas team has demonstrated a sound knowledge of our data and technical requirements and has delivered a solution meeting our key requirements within our tight deadlines."Louise Russell, Head of Partnership Performance, and Robin Harris, THIS Borough Manager.
Crime Atlas for the North East of England - Tyne and Wear Research and Information (TWRI)
"We have been using InstantAtlas on our web site for many years as a local statistics explorer tool. We have upgraded our atlases to support Adobe Flash to reach a much wider audience. We are very pleased with the new functionality and branding. InstantAtlas is an ideal tool for publishing small area crime and employment statistics."Kadhem Jallab, Head of TWRI
Crime Atlas - Worcestershire County Council
"InstantAtlas provides a cost-effective, quick and adaptable tool which needs no underlying software and can be updated with new data with minimal effort. It also provides a much more intuitive interface when compared with GIS. Overall, we would give a recommendation for organisations with similar needs to consider using InstantAtlas "David Onions, Research & Intelligence Unit, Worcestershire County Council
Worcestershire County Council -
"InstantAtlas provides a cost-effective, quick and adaptable tool which needs no underlying software and can be updated with new data with minimal effort. It also provides a much more intuitive interface when compared with GIS. Overall, we would give a recommendation for organisations with similar needs to consider using InstantAtlas."David Onions, Research & Intelligence Unit, Worcestershire County Council
Progress in the Region - Amanda Crossfield, Data & Development Executive
"We have used InstantAtlas to create online maps called Progress in the Region Live, which show how our region is performing against a suite of high level indicators including economic, environmental, educational and social data. InstantAtlas has allowed us to provide an easy to use mapping feature on our website which is quick to update, as and when new data are released, and which provides added value to our published documents and reports. We have received very positive feedback from our users about PiR Live who say it saves them time by collating data in a single location and which provides an engaging way of looking at information about our region."Amanda Crossfield, Data & Development Executive





