Using height layers and aerial photography to visualise developments and land use

Members of the Pan Government Agreement (PGA2) including Advantage West Midlands and other Regional Development Agencies, DEFRA, Natural England and Communities and Local Government have signed up for access to national layers of aerial photography and height layers from The Next Perspectives Consortium led by Infoterra UK Ltd.
Available to download (and for PGA licensed organisations), these layers can be [...]

Shropshire electoral review using ArcGIS

What are electoral reviews and why do one?
Electoral reviews are undertaken periodically and their main aim is to ensure that ‘electoral equality’ is maintained, meaning that all councillors in a single authority represent approximately the same number of electors.
Reviews are needed if there has been a lot of new development in an area which results [...]

How is the Black Country performing?

How can we tell whether real progress is being made towards achievement of the Black Country’s aspirations?
The aspirations are set out in the Black Country Vision and the  Black Country Strategy for Growth and Competitiveness (PDF, 72kb).
The answer may lie in the newly developed Black Country Performance Management framework, which consists of 24 key indicators that measure achievement of the Black [...]

Tracking a plant disease across Cannock Chase using GIS

GIS (Geographical Information Systems) is helping to track and treat a plant disease, previously unknown in the United Kingdom, which is infecting and killing bilberry across the northern part of Cannock Chase Country Park.
With assistance from numerous volunteers, Staffordshire County Council’s Environment and Countryside team have been surveying the outbreak of Phytophthora pseudosyringae in the [...]