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CASE STUDIES
Links to a range GIS-related projects that include examples of some of the analytical techniques described in the Geospatial Analysis Guide are provided below. See also the Case Studies web pages of major commercial GIS providers, such as:
ESRI, ERDAS & MapInfo

Data collection, analysis and modelling
DEFRA Noise Mapping provides survey- and model-derived maps of the levels of road, rail, air transport and industrial noise across England. A PDF describing the original London Noise Map project can be found here
The following document provides an example of applying the PPDAC methodology to Noise Mapping noise.pdf

London Air Quality Network contains downloadable data, graphs, 2D maps and 3D visualisations of air quality in and around Greater London. Measurements are collected either hourly or twice daily from continuous monitoring sites, processed and checked then placed on this web site with an hourly update

Geodemographics
London Profiler  provides maps of London neighbourhoods using area classifications delivered using Google Maps and the GMAP creator software

Crime
Crime statistics for London, available via an interactive map SVG viewer. To obtain the free viewer from Adobe (2.9Mbytes) click here. For more information on crime analysis see the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science website

Health
Southwark Primary Care Trust (PCT) Geodemographic mapping
London Health Observatory- Health statistics and education
Camden Primary Care Trust (PCT) Census-based mapping
Open access papers of the International Journal of Health Geographics

Mapping
MapTube A Place to Put Maps - launched with over 40,000 users contributing information
World Mapper Cartogram-based (density-equalizing) mapping

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