ADVANCES IN DATA
VISUALISATION
Dr Alex D Singleton
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis , University College London
www.alex-singleton.com
Geographic
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CASA
• ~ 35 PhD students
• 10 RA
• 4 Prof / Lecturers
• ~ 15 RA
• Outputs
• Books, Papers, 152 Working
Papers, blogs, software,
websites
SURNAMES DATABASE
• 26 countries in America, Europe, Asia and Oceania
• Individual level data for 300 million people (full name and address)
• 10.8 million unique surnames
• 6.5 million unique forenames
• Statistics at postcode level
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http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/
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http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/
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http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/
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http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/
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Fabian
Wildenauer
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Alexander
Klaver
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BASIC NAME CLASSIFICATION
Surnames
Forenames
Pablo
Mateos
Garcia
Pérez
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Juan
Rosa
Marta
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Sánchez
Rodríguez
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NAME CLUSTERS
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Welsh Names “aim was to establish a Welsh colony which
would preserve the Welsh language and
culture”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_(ship)
Mimosa (1865)
185 Welsh