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This paper develops a number of maps which explore the relationship between migrants and the geodemographic classifications of migrants' origin locations or their destinations. Maps are shown for two regions and at two scales: for Greater London at Output Area level, and for England and Wales at ward level. For each region two maps are produced: one showing information about in-migrants, and a second showing information about out-migrants from each area. Each map is shaded according to the most commonly observed origin or destination area type using geodemographic classifications at Output Area and Ward level. The maps show patterns of apparent stability - where migrants come from or depart to socially similar areas, and also reveal a spatial pattern of areas for which there is less apparent stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on a cross-cultural outreach activity of the current UK 'Spatial Literacy in Teaching' (SPLINT) Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), a past UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant, and shared interests in family names between Japanese and UK academics. It describes a pedagogic programme developed for Japanese postgraduates and advanced undergraduates that entailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of the spatial distributions of Japanese family names. The authors describe some specific semantic, procedural and theoretical issues and, more generally, suggest how names analysis provides a common framework for engaging student interest in GIS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]