UK Data Service Census Support
- What is UK Data Service Census Support?
- How can I gain access to UK Data Service Census Support?
- Is trial access available?
- I am from a subscribing academic institution. Who is my site representative?
- Does EDINA provide training and support materials?
- I am not able to register with the ESRC Census Programme. Can I still obtain access to a dataset distributed through the UK Data Service Census Support service?
UK Data Service Census Support
Q. What is UK Data Service Census Support?
A. UK Data Service Census Support provides digitised boundary datasets of the UK, available in many Geographic Information System (GIS) formats, such as MapInfo MIF/MID, ArcView Shape, Arc/Info Export and several others. These datasets may be downloaded by teaching staff, students and researchers in the UK Higher and Further Education community and used in their work. Further information on the datasets in the service and how they can be downloaded can be found on the service description page: http://edina.ac.uk/census/description/
Q. How can I gain access to UK Data Service Census Support?
A. Anyone with federation access from a UK higher or further education institution may register for and use UK Data Service Census Support.
The Census Registration Service (CRS) at the University of Essex manages registrations to all of the census resources available through the ESRC Census Programme, UK Data Service Census Support included. New users should register online through the ESRC Census Programme web site to access UK Data Service Census Support. This should be a brief one-off procedure. Once registration with the ESRC Census Programme is confirmed you may login to UK Data Service Census Support. Registering with the ESRC Census Programme will also provide users with the ability to access all the Census Data Support Units without having to login to each separately. Further information on registering can be found on the ESRC Census Programme website.
Queries regarding registration for the UK Data Service Census Support service should be emailed to the ESRC Census Programme help desk at help@census.ac.uk.
A. No, as anyone from a given higher/further education institution may register for and use UK Data Service Census Support.
Q. I am from a subscribing academic institution. Who is my site representative?
A. There are no institutional site representatives for UK Data Service Census Support. If you need assistance assistance with a UK Data Service Census Support query, your local geography/GIS support may be able to help, or contact the EDINA Helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk
Q. Does EDINA provide training and support materials?
A. Quick Reference Guides are available on the EDINA website: http://edina.ac.uk/census/support/ Please contact edina@ed.ac.uk with any queries about training for this service.
A. Unfortunately we are only funded to provide datasets to users who are registered with the ESRC Census Programme. You can find out the name of the organisation that supplied a dataset provided through UK Data Service Census Support by examining online metadata records held by the ESRC Census Programme. To view these metadata records go to the ESRC Census Programme Portal at http://census.ac.uk, and use the search facility located at top right to search for and view metadata records associated with UK Data Service Census Support datasets. If you have problems using the search facility at the ESRC Census Programme Portal you should contact the Census Programme help desk directly via help@census.ac.uk.
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