Where do you think you are?
The world family name mapping website uses many new and up to date sources to tell you where in the world people with your family name are found. Additionally, we provide lots of interesting facts and figures about the people who share your family name.
Welcome to publicprofiler
We are leaders in training and research in spatial analysis. We have also created a range of spatial information tools for profiling the public, the public sector and commerce.
We believe that the best practice arises out of the best research, and the primary goal of publicprofiler is to link world class spatial science research to cutting edge public sector applications.
University College London hosts one of the world’s leading clusters of spatial scientists with research interests across a range of application areas and sectors.
New approaches to area profiling
Our work has appeared throughout the international peer reviewed literature. We believe that openness to scrutiny is the best test of methods and applications that are robust and safe to use.
Nowhere is this more important than in public sector decision making, where it is key to stakeholder involvement. We believe we are creating an accessible and refreshingly open learning and knowledge transfer environment.
Research resources
Onomap name classification software
The Onomap software tool classifies any list of names into groups of common cultural ethnic and linguistic origin using surnames and forenames. It can be run in a standalone version that requires no installation or internet connectivity, making it a valuable name coding tool for secure operating environments.
Free OACoder
The Output Area Classification (OAC) is a free and open geodemographic profiler provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). To encourage the widest possible use of this classification, we have devised a software tool which appends OAC codes onto any CSV list of postcodes.
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