Welcome to SVG version of the Health Atlas for the Yorkshire and the Humber

(Adapted from Eastern Region PHO website: www.erpho.org.uk)

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) are a way of displaying maps and other images which enable the development of powerful tools for users to interact with information and data in a way which was previously not possible. The YHPHO SVG Health Atlas delivers a variety of key health statistics in a user-friendly single page combining table, choropleth map and bar chart. The elements on each page are linked so that, for instance, moving a mouse over a legend class highlights all the areas within that class in the table, map and chart.

Downloading the SVG Viewer

In order to use the Atlas you will need to install a SVG viewer plug-in. You can download the Viewer from Adobe. The SVG works by downloading all the relevant information onto your own PC and this is the reason why you may have to be a little bit patient the first time you access the SVG Atlas. This should be the only time the system has to download all the information, the files are quite small and once loaded the SVG Atlas will appear and respond almost instantaneously. This download can NOT harm your computer. It is the same technology that is used by the Office for National Statistics on the Census 2001 site.

Data Content

The tool currently contains some test data for the region. Over the next few weeks a range of new data will be added to the atlas. The maps use a choice of two geographies, Primary Care Trusts or Local Authority. Clicking on the Notes button will bring up more information about the data used. A link to the underlying excel data is also provided

Copyright

All the SVG boundaries are based on digital boundaries obtained from Ordnance Survey and are subject to Crown Copyright. You are allowed to print one copy of each image for reference purposes only. The making of multiple copies, the usage of the images for other than reference purposes and any attempt to extract the vector map data are all illegal and infringe Crown Copyright.

Printing

You can print a copy of the map page by moving your mouse over the white space at the right of the SVG tool, Right click and select the Print option. Please note that you will have to set the paper orientation to Landscape to print the whole page. If you wish to save a copy of the map page then please use the Alt and Print Screen buttons and paste the image into another package (e.g.Word). To print a Notes page simply Right click your Mouse and select the Print option.

The Atlas has been created by GeoWise Ltd. For any comments or queries please e-mail us at yhpho-info@york.ac.uk.

Please click here to access the Single Map.

Please click here to access the Double Map.