How do you successfully deliver a data sharing initiative that delivers real value to users? Dr. Neil Brammall, Technical Advisor, and Issie Ferris, Policy Advisor, explain how collaboration with international partners has helped to formulate 15 principles that underpinned the …
The Geospatial Commission has launched a new discovery project to explore opportunities to widen access to the National Underground Asset Register. Richard Duffield, NUAR Discovery Project Lead, reveals why we started the project and how to get involved.
Dr Neil Brammall, NUAR Technical Product Owner, reveals his key learnings from the recent Open Standards code sprint event organised by the OGC and the role the NUAR data model has played in the implementation of key subsurface standards.
Christiana Clark explains how the Greater London Authority helped London fully onboard all major utilities and local authorities to NUAR.
Chris Chambers, Deputy Director for NUAR Delivery, gives an update on the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR).
Holly West, Senior Policy Adviser gives an update on how the Geospatial Commission is identifying future opportunities for innovative use of location data for the property sector.
In 2021 the government set an aim to secure the UK’s status as a science and technology superpower. The UK’s geospatial community is doing its bit with a successful trip to the UN World Geospatial Information Congress and external recognition as the UK retained its position as second in the world for geospatial capability.
The Local Land Charges Programme is unlocking the power of location data. Transforming 25 million items of public sector held data on land use restrictions into a machine-readable, standardised and easily accessible format will deliver huge benefits, particularly for digital …
Public sector investments have previously struggled to understand, assess and articulate the economic, social and environmental value of location data coherently, constraining their ability to unlock funding. Find out how this 7-step framework will help address these challenges.
Construction Playbook refresh to improve the re-use and accessibility of ground investigation data. This refresh now makes it a requirement that ground investigation data collected must be shared as soon as reasonably possible with the British Geological Survey as a condition of the contract.
Caitlin Ballard, International Policy Advisor at the Geospatial Commission, summarises the UK delegation’s reflections on the 12th Session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) in New York. In early August, after a three-year hiatus …