community information systems

See Community Information Systems background

"Community Information System" is not a universal term for solutions of this nature. Others include Neighborhood Information Systems, City Information and Monitoring Systems, Data Observatories, Local Information Systems, Area Profiling tools and Crime Mapping solutions. There is also overlap with the more mainstream technology areas of Business Intelligence (BI), Performance Management (PM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Common to almost all these types of solutions is the capability to manage and report on local statistics and indicators to a range of different audiences, making local intelligence more easily accessible and usable.

We have separate solution pages that cover Local Information Systems and Data Observatories, Area Profiling, Performance Reporting and Crime Mapping and Reporting. GeoWise have been working in the UK and internationally for over 10 years delivering innovative, market-leading data reporting and visualization solutions for location-based statistical data. We offer off-the-shelf products designed specifically to make it easy and fast for you to deliver visual data using maps, charts, tables and area profile reports.

GeoWise have been working in the UK and internationally for over 10 years delivering innovative, market-leading data reporting and visualization solutions for location-based statistical data. We offer off-the-shelf products designed specifically to make it easy and fast for you to deliver visual data using maps, charts, tables and area profile reports.

Community Indicators and CIS | Examples

We have provided some recent examples of our work with community indicators below. They use a number of different InstantAtlas Dynamic Report Templates. Click on the screenshot images to load the examples. If you have any problems viewing these examples please contact our Support Team for assistance.

New York City Community Health, US (Demo)

Well-being atlas, Community Accounts, Government of Newfoundland& Labrador, Canada (Live)

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Scale: Local - City (New York City)

Purpose: An atlas comprising a wide range of community health indicators based on the New York Community Health Survey with a 4-year time series. The atlas is based on our new InstantAtlas version 6 template.

InstantAtlas Template: Single Map




Scale: Province / State

Purpose: Community Accounts is an innovative information system providing users at all levels with a reliable source of community, regional, and provincial data. It provides a public-wide, online system for locating, sharing and exchanging information related to the province and its people. InstantAtlas is used as the Dynamic Data Map Tool within this system.

InstantAtlas Template: Double Map

Bremen, Germany Social Indicators at a street block level (Live)

Bournemouth, UK - profiling levels of social deprivation  (Live)

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Scale: Local - at Street block level (Bremen, Germany)

Purpose: Provides ability to explore a range of indicators within city neighborhoods. These include demographic, housing, social, socio-economic and migration variables over a span of 37 years.

InstantAtlas Template: Single Map





Scale: Local - City (Bournemouth)

Purpose: To provide an interactive report showing patterns of social deprivation across the city (population 163,000). The data used is the Index of Multiple Deprivation for England 2007. The report allows you to create a social deprivation profile for any neighborhood area across each of the main dimensions to the Index. You can also compare the profile of one neighborhood against another to visualize differences.

InstantAtlas Template: Performance Analysis

Social Observatory for Álava Province, Spain (Live)

Statistical Atlas of Hamburg, Germany (Live)

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Scale: Province / Local

Purpose: Álava is a province in the Basque area of northern Spain with a population of approximately 300,000. The Observatorio Social de Álava has been set up by the Diputación Foral de Álava for sharing key statistical data to social welfare professionals and for the general public. This area profile report presents information on all aspects of unemployment.

InstantAtlas Template: Area Profile

Scale: Local / City (Hamburg)

Purpose: The report provides a statistical overview of the city (population 1,700,000) using a wide range of social indicators in the following themes: population, employment; social benefits, housing, infrastructure (e.g.. registered number of doctors), transportation (e.g.. serious road accidents), crime levels and voting behavior

InstantAtlas Template: Single Map



Other useful links

  1. InstantAtlas: Local Information Systems Online Resource Pack
  2. InstantAtlas: Performance Reporting and Mapping Online Resource Pack
  3. InstantAtlas: Crime Reporting and Mapping Online Resource Pack
  4. InstantAtlas: Public Health Reporting and Mapping Online Resource Pack
  5. Community Indicators Consortium (CIC), US
  6. Public performance measurement and reporting network, US
  7. National Infrastructure for Community Statistics, US
  8. The Knight Commission: The Information Needs of Communities Draft Report
  9. Community Indicators Victoria, Australia
  10. Virginia Performs
  11. Oregon Shines
  12. Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
  13. Boston Indicators Project
  14. Truckee Meadows Tomorrow's Quality of Life
  15. Jacksonville Community Council Indicators
  16. UK Audit Commission: In The Know report
  17. UK Dept of Communities and Local Government: Community Empowerment
  18. Ben Warner's Community Indicators Blog
  19. US Report - National Infrastructure for Community Statistics: Liberating Public GIS and Statistical Data