You are on page 1of 26

Using Innovative technology for planning

Associate Professor Rochelle Eime


r.eime@federation.edu.au
Sport Participation in Australia
• Problem:
• Lack of integration of sport participation data with other data
• Lack of systematic use of data to inform decision making
• Lack of national sport participation data

• Data: Access Integration Analysis Knowledge


• Solution
• Integration of data
• Analysis to inform program and policy development at organisational and national
level

• 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

• Participation levels and trends


• Influences on participation
• Value of sport: the health benefits of
participation
• Places to play: the nexus between facilities
and participation
Range of data

• Leisure time physical activity data- 10 years


• Sport participation data- SSA’s- up to 5 years
• Player, coach and official
• Over 2.6 million records to date
• Sport and recreation facility data
• Population demographics
• Population projection data
• Health data
• Physical activity levels
• Education
Sports

• 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

Associate Professor Rochelle Eime


VicHealth Research Practice Fellow
Federation University, Victoria University
r.eime@federation.edu.au
(03) 5327 9687
www.sportandrecreationspatial.com.au

You might also like