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VisualPlace - Visualising Victorian Government Data Sets using GIS
VisualPlace is a six month proof of concept trial provided by the Victorian Government to test innovative ways of capturing, exploring and visualizing government information and services through maps.
The VisualPlace Map provides you with an interactive GIS-enabled application to map and visualize government information and services. To use Visual Place you will need to install Microsoft Silverlight first.
The VisualPlace trial aims to improve access to government information and services by adding a dynamic GIS (Geographic Information System) enabled service delivery application to Victoria Online.
There is a VisualPlace blog which is being run alongside the Proof of Concept to receive your feedback on issues from data needs to functionality requirements and ideas for future directions.
The VisualPlace Help section provides information on:
- Address Search - Searching for a Specific Address, Searching for a Suburb;
- Search for Services in Your Area - Searching for a Specific Service Type;
- Display Services - Selecting a Service Category; Services - More Information
- Display Thematics - Selecting a Location, Selecting a Thematic Dataset, Choosing a Display Filter, Using the Action Tools;
- Display Multiple Thematics - Selecting Multiple Datasets; and
- Tools - Full Page View; Navigation Control.
Users of VisualPlace will be able to:
- Find, locate and map service locations throughout Victoria such as Train and Tram lines, Police Stations, Life Saving Clubs and Libraries, and
- Search and map data at both state and local government area levels. Datasets include a wide range of information about a location such as citizen demographics, employment, education and health.
The VisualPlace trial will run for a period of six months from January 2010.
Related Links
- Victoria launches VisualPlace pilot - demonstrating the value of sharing geospatial data
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's personal eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Friday, February 5, 2010. "I was alerted to the release of VisualPlace at the start of this week, and have spent the last few days playing with the site to get a feel for its potential... The site will test the appetite for online Graphical Information Systems (GIS) showing government data and both demonstrate what is possible and seek user feedback on what the public would like to see in such tools..."
- Visualizing Victorian Data
- by James Gunter. The Crime Map, February 2, 2010. "VisualPlace is a 6-month proof of concept testing different ways to visualize government data in Victoria, Australia... The map is actually pretty cool and fairly complex for a simple citizen-oriented mapping application, and they have a really diverse and interesting set of data ranging from employment rates to transportation trends..."
Related Articles
- VisualPlace - Tell us what you think!
- Please complete our survey on the VisualPlace six month proof of concept which tests innovative ways of capturing, exploring and visualising government information and services through maps.
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