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The Social Statistics Section of the Royal Statistical Society is holding an half day meeting on February 16th, from 2pm - 5:30pm at the RSS, 12 Errol Street, London EC1 (Barbican and Moorgate are the nearest underground stations).
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Units and Standards
This meeting brings together presentations on developments in the future geographic referencing of the collection and dissemination of social statistics in the UK. The present state of research, the implementation and the uses of the new referencing systems will be described.
Programme
2:00 John Hollis (London Research Centre)
Introduction from the chair
2:05 Andrew Larner (Local Government Management Board)
NATIONAL STREET GAZETTEER AND THE NATIONAL LAND
AND PROPERTY GAZETTEER
2:50 Andy Tait (Office for National Statistics)
UK STANDARD GEOGRAPHIC BASE
3:35 Tea
4:00 Dev Virdee (Office for National Statistics)
NEW NUTS AREAS IN THE UK
4:30 Dave Martin (Southampton University)
OUTPUT AREAS FOR THE 2001 CENSUS
5:15 DISCUSSION
ALL WELCOME
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Celia Macintyre
Honorary Secretary, RSS Social Statistics Section
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