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• Goal:
• more active, more often
Sport and Recreation Spatial
• Innovative use of latest technologies, GIS
mapping capabilities and research to generate
knowledge and insight for the sport and
recreation, health and education sectors.
• Data collection, data integration, statistical
analysis, data visualisation via geographical
information system (GIS) programming and
mapping, and dissemination of knowledge
• Provides increased capacity for strategic planning
and development of participation programs and
facilities
Critical factors for sport and recreation
Participants
Health
Population Facilities
4 key areas
• AFL
• Tennis
• Netball
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Hockey
• Lawn bowls
Outputs
• GIS- Organisations directly use GIS to spatially visualise
and analyse
• Sector-wide data
• Their own data
• Derived and customised indicators
• Research
• Individual research summary reports
• Sector level peer review publications
• Examples:
• Participation trends over time
• Participation age profiles
• Facility provision
• Attrition/drop-out
• Transition from modified sport program to competition
Technology
• OpenLayers, Mapserver, Mapcache and a spatially enabled database to
dynamically generate choropleth maps.
• In excess of 190,000 possible map combinations by use of the following
data aspects:
• Year (2000-2013)
• Age Group (5 yr, 10 yr, 15 yr, 20 year, Custom)
• Gender (Male, Female)
• Participant Club (5000+)
• Participant Program (40+)
• Coach Level
• Umpire level
• Region type (Postcode, LGA and SA4)
• Data Metric (Total participants/coaches/umpires, Participation Rate
(Percentage of region population, Change from Previous year)
Features
www.sportandrecreationspatial.com.au
Participation numbers- Postcode
Demographic breakdowns
Participation filters
Number of participants
Yearly participation rate- LGA
Changes in participation
Exporting data
Age profiles of sport
Health
Facilities
Provision of facilities
Playing fields/courts per participant: by LGA
Details of facilities
Provision of facilities
Population projections
Population projections
Socio-Economic Status
Contact Details