Map Collection e-Book

The e-Book is a collection of electronic maps on parcel level. The electronic map is produced by scanning and transformaing of cadastral maps in scale 1:10 000 concerning agricultural area and in scale 1:4 000 concerning small gardens and rural area. Each electronic map includes geo-codes of survey sites. The survey sites are managed by used land (vineyard, fruit tree and berry plantation). The map collection is available on CD-ROM for the HCSO's County Land Offices and on a central file server for the centre.

Digital Map Software Application/GIS

The first version of the system manages the statistical data of the vineyard and fruit tree census held in 2001 and the data of the map collection e-Book. The application is an ArcView extension and its functionality is focused on the business sub-procedures.

GIS concept for HCSO

With the contribution of HCSO the BlomInfo Consortium has prepared the GIS concept giving the technical framework of current and future developments. The direct aim of the study is to support the implementation of the ÜST project. Among other things, the reader is informed about the guiding principles of the planning of the GIS concept, about the support of standard data processing and workflow functions of the HCSO and the use of the GIS concept.

Human resource development

Statistician experts of HCSO need special, practice-oriented GIS course focused on spatial data analysis and data evaluation. Applied Geoinformatics Laboratory (University of Szeged, Hungary) has long tradition in this kind of approach of GIS education. The professors are experienced in designing courses and elaborating course books and other training materials.

Possible directions for the further extension of the ÜST system

Statistics is one of the most important feedback systems of society. The ÜST system enriches the possibilities of representing, analysing agricultural census data. Compared to the application of vectorised base data the geo-code is a compromise, but it gives a solution to the tracking of modifications in the boundaries of territorial units and using the spatial interpolation tools it enables varied, even micro level analyses as well. It is imaginable that the aggregated spatial statistical object or the covers of interpolated data gradually become independent statistical products.