stratus: taking us to the next level at catholic education commission nsw

MapInfo Forums 2014Stratus: Taking us to the next level

Crichton Smith

Principal Researcher

Catholic Education Commission NSW

2 MapInfo Forums 2014

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)


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


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


The MapInfo Way

Mapping students and school

catchments

- non-Contiguous catchments

- Understanding school

communities with

socio-demographic overlays

- ‘Private Maps’


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


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/




http://stratus.pbondemand.com.au/connect/cecnsw


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


Crichton Smith

Principal Researcher

Catholic Education Commission, NSW

[email protected]

(02) 9287-1553

0410 544 157

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