Explorador Social: Actionable Data Made Real
Public agencies regularly produce and publish large volumes of information in the form of disaggregated empirical data at different geographic levels. However, access to this information is limited by the dispersion of data across a diversity of sources, formats, and means of access. Here at the Center for Demographic Studies (CED) we have promoted a project to collect, harmonize, and disseminate present and historical geo-referenced data on different topics such as demography, economics, politics, society, and the environment. In this issue of Perspectives Demogràfiques we present Explorador Social: a location intelligence platform for the social sciences created to facilitate access to information, and ultimately, the exploration of the reality and social change of the Spanish population through mapping and statistical tabulation. Designed to meet the needs of a diverse user base, Explorador Social will interest educators, researchers, public administrators, and journalists, as well as the general public.
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