Usage of European census data for sustainable land management – German case study
Ulrike Klein, Hartmut Müller · Survey Review · 2014
This paper describes opportunities and results of the usage of high resolution census data for sustainable land management. Following European Union requirements many countries in Europe have counted their population and other indicators in 2011. To take full benefit of the very rich high resolution census data in Germany some country specific problems had to be solved. By applying a semi-automatic procedure the study describes in which way the official topographical and property information systems provided by the surveying authorities are used to determine the boundaries of small scale census units. Linking the census data to the corresponding geographical units enables public administration bodies and other stakeholders to realise the full potential of high resolution census data. Once a data set has the described structure a broad range of thematic maps can be created from it, and the complete scale of spatial analysis functions can be applied to such data. Four typical scenarios are demonstrated to prove the benefit of the developed solution in the planning practice of German municipalities.