Links
The links on the following page are those which the OAC User Group have come across. We believe that these should be of interest to users of the Output Area Classification or area classifications in general.
If you spot a dead link or have a link that you think should be included in our list then feel to email us by clicking [here]
Applications
- East Riding of Yorkshire OAC Analysis
A case study of the East Riding of Yorkshire using OAC. - Nestoria
House price mapping. - OnOneMap
Property website using Google Maps.
Blogroll
- CASA Weblog
This is the blog for CASA - a research lab within University College London. - Digital Urban
Weblog on the latest techniques to visualise the city scape via digital media. - GIS Matters
Weblog from David Maguire @ ESRI - GISagents Weblog
A weblog from CASA on Agent Based Modelling
Census
Conferences
- Geocomputation
The GeoComputation community has centred itself around a series of international research conferences initiated in 1996. - GISRUK
The GISRUK conference series is the UK’s national GIS research conference, established in 1993. - RGS
Royal Geographical Society annual conference. - Royal Statistical Society
The Royal Statistical Society conferences page.
Data Sources
- CeLSIUS
Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support - CIDER
Centre for Interaction Data Estimation and Research - Edina
Source for digital geographic data - ESDS
Economic and Social Data Service - Eurostat
- LCT
Linking Censuses Through time - MIMAS
Source for digital geographic data - ONS Neighbourhood Statistics
- SASPAC
- The National Archives
- UN Statistics
- World Fact Book
Funding
- ESRC
Economic and Social Research Council - HEFCE
Higher Education Funding Council for England - JRF
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Sutton Trust
- UPTAP
Understanding Population Trends and Processes
Geodemographics
- Charles Booth Online Archive
The Charles Booth Online Archive is a searchable resource giving access to archive material from the Booth collections of the British Library and the University of London Library. - Geodemographics Knowledge Base
The Geodemographics Knowledge Base is a comprehensive directory of hand-selected websites for people interested in the application of geodemographics and geo-spatial analysis. - Geodemographics.info
Website for the book “Geodemographics, GIS and Neighbourhood Targeting” - Market Research Society: Census and Geodemographics Group
- Radio 4 Thinking Allowed on Geodemographics
A Radio 4 show about geodemographics. - UK Data Archive
- Wiki Entry
Wikipedia page all about geodemography
Geography
- 2001 Census Output Areas Project
- Spatial-Literacy.org
The Spatial Literacy website from University College London.
Mapping
- A to Z
- Digimap
Online maps and mapping data - Google Earth
- Multimap
- Ordnance Survey
Britain’s national mapping agency - UK Borders
Digital boundary data. - UpMyStreet
An excellent source of data about your area.
OAC
- OAC @ The Office for National Statistics
The official source of OAC. You can download OAC from here or order it on a CD. - OAC @ University of Sheffield
Alternative source for OAC containing aditional data.
Other
- ABE Books
Online Secondhand Bookshop - The British Library Online
Research Centres and Groups
- AAG
The Association of American Geographers - AGI
The Association for Geographic Information - CASA
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London. - CCSR
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester. - CNR
ESRC Centre for Neighbourhood Research - CSAP
Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy, School of Geography, University of Leeds. - Demographics User Group (DUG)
- Laria
Local Authorities Research & Intelligence Association - SASI
Social and Spatial Inequality Research Centre, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield. - Social Research Association
