The integration of geographic and territorial data sources into the base register of territorial and geographical entities

摘要

The National Institute of Statistics (Istat) is moving from a decennial census to a permanent census, which will produce census data every year. The georeferencing of statistical information will allow Istat, through the integrated system of registers, to release statistical and geographical information with a strong territorial detail and will allow users to know more on the structure and composition of the territory of Italy. The new Statistical Base Register of territorial and geographical entities of Istat (RSBL) is a multidimensional register integrating several components: addresses, regular grids and micro zones, buildings and housing units, administrative zones, statistical and functional zones. In the panorama of statistical registers, it represents an innovative way of considering in an integrated way all the most relevant components of territorial data. In this paper, we present some of the main features of the register.