title: From enumeration districts to output areas: experiments in the automated creation of a census output geography.
abstract: This article briefly reviews the advantages of using separate geographies for census enumeration and output, and explains how a geographical information system is being used for the planning of enumeration districts for the 1997 Census Test. Experimental work is described which offers the potential to automatically create a new output geography, formed from aggregations of unit postcodes, and which offers control over output area population and boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Southampton.
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authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008377:Maps as Topic; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012984:Software; D006113:United Kingdom