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system, and the map is updated, including all of the relevant analytics. It is
time to stop using maps to communicate and to start using dynamic
information systems that overcome the technological hurdles that keep
people from using these powerful tools to analyze spatial data.

2. Methodology
A population census is the most important and costly statistical data
collection exercise conducted by a national statistical office (NSO). It involves
the total process of planning, collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing, and
disseminating demographic, economic, and social data. This data is usually
limited to a specified time and delimited area, whether that be an entire
country or just a well- delimited part of a country. It is usually conducted every
ten years, and the results provide a detailed, small-geographic-area snapshot
of the demographic, socio-demographic, and housing status of a country. It
also provides the basis for a wide range of sample surveys.
Statistics South Africa, the largest and arguably the most advanced
national statistical office in Africa, now benefits from the HxGN Smart Census
solution. HxGN Smart Census was developed on Hexagon Geospatial’s M.App
Enterprise platform. It combines traditional GIS functionality with a powerful
workflow and workforce management tool to provide a total solution that
covers all the phases of a census: pre-enumeration mapping, digital
enumeration (including logistics, workforce training and management,
integration with existing computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI)
platforms, and dynamic progress reporting), as well as the dissemination of
census results through dynamic Smart M.Apps. The traditional census has 4
distinct phases: Pre-Enumeration Planning, Enumeration, Post-Enumeration
Processing, and Dissemination.

Pre-Enumeration Planning
In preparation for a population and housing census, the entire country is
divided into small areas of land, each one small enough to be handled by one
interviewer during the time of the census. This is referred to as pre-
enumeration census mapping, or demarcation, and the resultant demarcated
areas are called Enumeration Areas (EAs). In some countries, such as Sweden
and Austria, door-to-door canvassing to collect census data has been replaced
by a registration-based census. However, in some parts of the world, such as
Africa, civil registration and housing registers are not complete or current.
Therefore, a conventional census is an important source of information and
will remain relevant, if not critical, for many years to come.
To conduct a door-to-door census, the census cartographer needs to
provide the census enumeration team with a set of unique maps covering the
entire country that accurately defines the boundaries within which each

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