MapInfo Forums 2014Stratus: Taking us to the next level
Crichton Smith
Principal Researcher
Catholic Education Commission NSW
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Australian Catholic Education
Catholic education represents
20% of school education
748,000 students
88,000 workforce
1,700 schools
National and geographically
comprehensive
$9.1 billion annually
(including $2.8 billion from
parents and other private contribution)
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Catholic Education’s Structure
National Catholic Education Commission
and State Commissions
Commissions represent Catholic education
but do not directly operate a school
28 Catholic Schools Offices responsible for
schools, staff and students
- Melbourne 326 schools
- Geraldton 11 schools
100 schools are independent
from Schools Office
Collaboration and support often
occurs between CEC and CSOs
and across states
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Business ‘Problem’
• Maps are part of ‘how we do’:
Mapinfo Pro, Streetpro, G-Naf, CadastralPlus and Mapmarker
• Increasing demand
• Access, equity and geography
• Many similar requests – but not quite the same
• Data integration
• Limitations of ‘Hard copy’
• Mapinfo Interactive PDFs changed the game
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The MapInfo Way
Mapping students and school
catchments
- non-Contiguous catchments
- Understanding school
communities with
socio-demographic overlays
- ‘Private Maps’
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The MapInfo Way
Perth
Sydney
Visualising spatial links
between schools and equity
- Not just about Catholic schools
- Placing patterns in a national contexts
- ‘Public Maps’
- BUT – can’t ‘drill-down’ within the map
or identify individual schools in PowerPoint or
hard-copy reports
NAPLAN Year 5 Reading
Schools substantially above
the national average
Schools substantially below
the national average
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Stratus: Taking us to the next level
Stratus
- Web-delivery allows user to explore the maps themselves
- Improved service – I can provide maps but don’t to prepare hard copy
- Public and private audiences
- Arial maps
Unexpected Benefits
- Google Street View, School website hyperlink – if only I’d known before we started!
- Complementary data (foundation year, school crests)
- Data delivery (stratus queries)
- Integrating data and maps
- Uses and users from unexpected places
https://stratus.pbondemand.com.au/connect/cecnsw/
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Stratus: Taking us to the next level
https://stratus.pbondemand.com.au/connect/cecnsw/
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Stratus: Taking us to the next level
https://stratus.pbondemand.com.au/connect/cecnsw/
http://stratus.pbondemand.com.au/connect/cecnsw
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Outcomes and lessons learnt
Early
- Teething problems
- Cost and conceptualising the ‘business case’
Now
- Revisiting our data systems
- How to maximise potential and opportunity
- Maintaining and updating maps
- Visualising - how many layers should there be in a map?
- Stratus administration improving but still needs refinement for users
Future
- More maps and greater diversity of maps
- Improving/systematising data capture from providers
- Raising awareness, educating and responding to requests
- New ways of working
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Crichton Smith
Principal Researcher
Catholic Education Commission, NSW
(02) 9287-1553
0410 544 157
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