OGD – the statistical point of view
The World Wide Web has set the standard: vast amounts of information are freely available and ready for use. And the …
Category Archives: Switzerland
Evidence-based Decision Making
iPads (or any easily accessible device) with a dashboard application on it become more and more used tools (or Gadgets) for …
opendata.ch 2012
Some good presentations from this year’s opendata.ch event in Zürich, Switzerland. Nigel Shadbolt on Open Data and Economy . Abraham …
Swiss Statistics – Election Atlas 2011
Swiss parliament elections took place on Sunday 23 October 2011. As part of its services the Federal Statistical Office is making …
iPad Atlas
iPad got a new interactive atlas today! It’s the iStat@las provided by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office FSO. This Statistical Atlas of …
Open Data – Some Perspectives
In Switzerland there is a growing discussion about open government data, on June 24 2011 a very well appreciated conference …
Hello, I am a statistician
Statistics Switzerland just published its new video: The colourful world of statistics . Also available in German, French and Italian
The new Swiss Census Explained
Since 1850, the census has provided every 10 years important information on the structure of the population in Switzerland. In …
Storytelling with maps and graphs – Some examples
It’s like an app, a separate presentation not embedded into the navigation of the mother website. One single link only …
Three for Atlas Version Three
ETH Zurich, swisstopo and the Federal Statistical Office FSO just published the 3rd version of the “Atlas of Switzerland” setting …
Statistical Storytelling Revisited
Since its emergence in the 19th century, the continuous publication of results has been an important activity of official statistics. …
