During the development process of the small area division model: 1. A stakeholder survey was conducted on the need and content of small areas. 2. decision to propose creating an areal division system where small areas are based on smaller building blocks as base-areas. 3. Different approaches and datasets were tested for forming these base-areas. 4. A pilot version of the actual small areas was created based on these base-areas. The work resulted in a method where, from geospatial datasets, base-areas are formed, and from those, small areas.
Statistics Finland managed the project consortium. Other members of the consortium were the Finnish Environment Institute and the National Land Survey of Finland. The participating organisations are the key organisations considering geospatial statistics in Finland. The project was carried out in close co-operation with the Network on Integration of Statistics and Geospatial Information in Finland, and with communicating with the Nordic and European colleagues. In 2025 a new two-year project was launched that continues the development of the small area division model.
Further information:
Senior researcher, Ville Helminen, Finnish Environment Institute
firstname.lastname@syke.fi, tel . (+358) 295 251 166
Integration of geospatial and statistical information in Finland (GSFI)
- Duration: 2023 - 2025
- Status: Completed
GSFI-project focused on the integration of geospatial data and statistics in Finland. In the project Syke developed a proposal for a new small area division model.
- Project management
- Ville Helminen (Syke)
- Project team
- Kimmo Nurmio (Syke), Eetu Jutila (Syke), Mervi Haakana (Statistics Finland), Rina Tammisto (Statistics Finland), Tesmi Laakso (Statistics Finland)
- Financiers
- EU
- Partners
- Statistics Finland, National Landsurvey of Finland
- Subject area
- Built environment, Environmental information