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GUIDE TO CSO
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Choose an option to navigate: CARTOGRAPHY 3.1 Historical Background The
Cartography Unit was set up in the mid-seventies to undertake extensive
map preparation and production activities for censuses and surveys
undertaken by the CSO. 3.2 Activities The
main tasks of the unit consist of: ·
preparing, updating
and producing Enumeration Area (EA) maps for fieldworkers in censuses and
surveys ·
updating the number
of households in each EA ·
preparing the primary
sampling frame to be used during the sampling process in surveys, ·
allocating workloads
to field workers in decennial censuses and ·
producing dot,
density, cloropeth and other publication maps for reports produced by the
CSO 3.3 Data sources Data
for the updating of maps are obtained mainly from (1) field visits carried
out by officers in the unit, (2) Ministry of Housing for available updated
maps, (3) location plan of sub-division of lands from the Ministry of
Works, (4) plans of housing estates from the National Housing Development
Company. 3.4 Scope and coverage Maps
and number of households for Enumeration Areas are available for the whole
Republic of Mauritius. 3.5 Computerisation The
unit is in the process of computerising its mapping activities. Software
used are : Autocad and Mapinfo. 3.6 Outputs Apart
from continuously providing maps for census and surveys, the unit had
produced an analytical report on Population Distribution and Migration
Characteristics based on the 2000 Housing and Population Census. It is
currently working in the production of a Census Atlas. 3.7 Future plans
Further
to the computerisation of the cartographic activities, the unit aims at
producing EA maps in an automated format for the whole Republic of
Mauritius by making use of Autocad. Contact
Person Mr. S. Mungrallee Acting Statistician L.I.C.
Centre John Kennedy Street Port Louis MAURITIUS. Tel: (230) 212-2316, (230)
208-0781 Email: carto@mail.gov.mu |
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