Regions of Finland at 1:1 000 000 Scale
The table, belonging to a dataset collection, encapsulates a wealth of information regarding regions or provinces (Maakunnat), as detailed by the 'Tilastokeskus' website from Finland. It offers valuable insights into geospatial data, which can be utilized for geographic data analytics. This includes geographic coordinates presented using the WGS 84 coordinate reference system, where the axis order is longitude first, followed by latitude.
The table provides detailed geographic data through columns that contain geographic shapes and centroids - central points of the shapes. It also includes the types of the shapes and their textual representations. This information can be particularly useful in mapping and spatial analytics, allowing analysts to visualize, for instance, the spread of a certain phenomenon across different provinces.
The table also lists the names of the provinces in multiple languages, allowing for international data analysis and comparison. Moreover, it contains a timestamp of when the data was extracted, which can be useful in tracking changes over time.
Two special columns in the table make every row unique: the extract date and the row number. The extract date indicates when the data was retrieved, whereas the row number stands for the position of the row in the data extracted on the specific date. This combination can be instrumental in tracking the evolution of the data over time.
As an example of potential data analytics applications, the table can be used to study how the geographic distribution of a certain variable, such as population or disease incidence, has changed over time in different provinces. Alternatively, the dataset could be used to perform geospatial analysis in order to model and predict environmental phenomena.
Field Descriptions
| Name | Data type | Description |
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| _extract_date | date | This column contains the date when the data on the row was extracted from the data source. It plays a crucial role in uniquely identifying each row in combination with the '_row_number' column. |
| _row_number | long | This column contains the row number from the data extracted on the specific extract date indicated by the '_extract_date' column. Together with '_extract_date', it uniquely identifies each row. |
| geom_geojson | string | This column contains the geographic data of the region in GeoJSON format, which is a format for encoding a variety of geographic data structures. |
| geom_geotext | string | This column stores the geographic data of the region in text format, which complements the 'geom_geojson' column. |
| geom_type | string | This column indicates the type of the geographic data, which could be either MultiPolygon or Polygon. |
| geom_centroid | string | This column provides the centroid of the geographic area, represented as a point in the format (longitude, latitude). |
| geom_center_x | double | This column contains the longitude of the center point of the geographic area. |
| geom_center_y | double | This column contains the latitude of the center point of the geographic area. |
| gml_id | string | This column contains a unique identifier for each row, which is a concatenation of the dataset name and the '_row_number' value. |
| maakunta | string | This column represents the regional code of the area. |
| name | string | This column contains the name of the region in English. |
| namn | string | This column presents the name of the region in Swedish. |
| nimi | string | This column provides the name of the region in Finnish. |
| vuosi | long | This column indicates the year for which the data is relevant. |
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Additional Information
| Last updated | November 11, 2024 |
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| Created | November 11, 2024 |
| License | No License Provided |
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| Country | fi |
| Database | fi_tilastokeskus |
| Extract date | 2024-11-11 |
| Id | 72277873-05a5-4bf5-82e0-30d2cfd89ecf |
| Package id | 480e5225-931b-4fde-bec7-d14dd5e48cbc |
| Revision id | 58cceb08-09a4-4fce-83bb-0bef30280046 |
| State | active |
| Table | tilastointialueet_maakunta1000k__table |