data visualization tools and public health statistics



Information Hub for Cornwall Community Safety Partnership

Amethyst were 1 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

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
Listen to Adam discuss InstantAtlas Desktop 5

newhamINFO

London Borough of Newham

This atlas was prepared for the newhamINFO 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.

Link to the NewhamInfo Story


WHO A/H1N1 Influenza Map - Global Map

World Health Organization

Presenting the latest statisics on the spread of the H1N1 virus. Directives are now being issued by international, national and local health agencies to plan for a significantly larger second wave of Influenza H1N1 anticipated as flu season commences in the Northern Hemisphere in Fall 2009.