Population density map for the city of Cracow – suggested methodology and application

Tomasz Pirowski
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering
Poland

Wojciech Drzewiecki
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering
Poland

Abstract

The paper presents an original method for developing a population density map for the city of Cracow. In the process of making the map there were used aerial orthophotomaps and some generally accessible data about the population within the constituencies in Cracow. Additionally, the city map and, in some districts, the base maps were used. The mentioned materials provided the basis to establish the constituency boundaries. They were obtained in the process of vectorisation of the aerial orthophotomap. The interpretation of orthophotomap allowed to derive detailed information about the location and types of accommodation (detached houses, tenement houses, blocks of flats).
Dasymetric method was applied to obtain the results of spatial distribution of population density. The starting point was the real number of people registered in each constituency. The distribution of population within each of these areas was estimated on the basis of an iterative process of establishing proportions among different types of accommodation. Such a population map was processed into a raster map (25m x 25m).
The paper also presents possible uses of this type of information to produce various spatial analyses in such fields as public transport, crises management, urban planning, location planning and geomarketing.

Keywords:

dasymetric maps; statistical data; population density; photo interpretation

Full Text:

PDF (Polish)

References

Adamczyk J., 2006: Próba oceny oraz optymalizacji rozmieszczenia placówek oświatowych w oparciu o analizy GIS i mapę rozmieszczenia ludnosci, praca magisterska pod opieką T. Pirowskiego, AGH, niepublikowana.

Bielecka E., Kuczyk A., Witkowska E., 2005: Modelowanie powierzchni statystycznej przedstawiającej gęstość zaludnienia w Polsce przy pomocy metody dazymetrycznej, Roczniki Geomatyki, t. 3, z. 2: 9-16,PTIP, Warszawa.

Bielecka E., 2005: A Dasymetric population density map of Poland, Materiały XXII Międzynarodowego Kongresu Kartograficznego, 11-16 lipca A Coruna, Hiszpania.

Drzewiecki W., Hejmanowska B., Pirowski T., 1999: Przykładowe analizy przestrzenne w oparciu o komputerowy atlas Województwa Krakowskiego KAWK, Archiwum Fotogrametrii, Kartografii i Teledetekcji, Vol. 9.

Eicher, C. L.; Brewer C. A., 2001: Dasymetric Mapping and Areal Interpolation: Implementation and Evaluation, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 28, No 2: 125-138. April 2001.

Gallego F. J, 2010,: A population density grid of the European Union, Population and Environment, Vol. 31, No 6: 460-473, July 2010.

Gallego F. J., Peedell S., 2001: Using CORINE Land Cover to map population density. Towards agri-environmental indicators. EEA Topic report 6/2001: 94-105.

Goleń J., Ostrowski W, 1994, Metoda dazymetryczna – rys historyczny, Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny 26(1): 3-16.

Harvey J. T., 2002: Population Estimation Models Based on Individual TM Pixels. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 68, No. 11: 1181-1192.

Longley P.A., Goodchild M.F., Maguire D.J., Rhind D.W., 2006: GIS. Teoria i praktyka. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa.

Maantay J. A., Maroko A. R., Herrmann Ch., 2007: Mapping Population Distribution in the Urban Environment: The Cadastral-based Expert Dasymetric System (CEDS), Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 34(2):77-102. Special issue: Cartography 2007: Reflections, Status, and Prediction.

Mennis, J., Hultgren, T., 2006: Intelligent dasymetric mapping and its application to areal interpolation. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 33(3): 179-194.

Pirowski T., Drzewiecki W., 2000: Wybrane problemy modelowania przestrzennych interakcji zachowań konsumentów z wykorzystaniem GIS, Archiwum Fotogrametrii, Kartografii i Teledetekcji, vol. 10, Kraków – Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.

Robinson A. H., Sale R. D., Morrison J. 1988: Podstawy kartografii. PWN, Warszawa.

Sleeter, R., Gould, M. L., 2007: Geographic information system software to remodel population data using dasymetric mapping methods: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 11-C2, 15 p.

Sleeter, R., N. Wood, 2006: Estimating daytime and nighttime population density for coastal communites in Oregon: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Annual Conference, Proceedings, Vancouver, BC, September 26-29, 2006.

Tapp A., 2010: Areal Interpolation and Dasymetric Mapping. Methods Using Local Ancillary Data Sources. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2010: 215-228.

Ural S., Hussain E., Shan J., 2011: Building population mapping with aerial imagery and GIS data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,13: 841-852.

Wilson, A.G., 2000: Complex Spatial Systems: The Modelling Foundations of Urban and Regional Analysis. Pearson Education Limited, Harlow.