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agcensus Simple Tutorial

This simple tutorial takes you through the steps involved in :

  1. using agcensus to identify and map Agricultural Census data
  2. determining which census items you would like to download
  3. viewing a distribution map of a chosen census item
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Login Log into agcensus. 
Options Select whether you want to download data in ASCII CSV format or visualise a distribution map as an image. Select Map Data.
Country Select a country from the list to limit your data to a certain area. Select Scotland.
Year Click on drop-down menu and select the census year of interest. Select 1994.
  Click on the Continue button at the base of the page to proceed to the next stage.  
Census Item(s) The resulting list shows all available groups of items that fit the search criteria. Select the group that is of interest, and click on it. For further information about each census item, click on the census questionnaire. Select Sheep, Horses, Goats and Deer.
Add Item(s) A list of the census items available for the group is shown. Select those that are of interest, and click the Add Item+ button. Select Total Sheep from the list and click Add Item+.
  Review the list of selected items and click Continue.  
Grid Size Here you can select the size of the grid squares in your map.Select 2km.
Extent Select the area you want to map. This can be done by clicking the square icon and dragging the box to cover the area of interest or entering the British National Grid co-ordinates of the required area. Drag the square to cover Central Scotland.
  Click Continue  
Summary Review your choices for data selection. If any changes are necessary, return to the appropriate step by using the links on the top right. Click Visualise.
Results You can view or print the resulting map by using the buttons on the lower right. You can download a GIF image of the map by right clicking on the map. To aid comparison with other areas, the data bounding bands can be edited. Click View Item Output Image.
  Click on the Download Data link to download the winzipped ASCII delimited CSV data for the census area and item chosen. Click Download Data.