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The GeoPlace conference took place on 9th May 2019, in the City of London. This annual event is a forum that brings together key partners from central government, local agencies, emergency services and the councils that are ultimately responsible for creating & maintaining our nation's definitive address and street data. New technologies are coming together and providing opportunities for our local communities to grow and flourish. To sustain this development of transport, we must understand what society needs, where & why, and the demand for high-quality street & addressing data is delivered by GeoPlace, through its network and operations. Excellent local street data supports the maintenance & improvement of our nation's road network and general transport infrastructure. It also enables us to deliver on tomorrow's challenges, such as the roll-out of electric and autonomous vehicles – and the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge part of the Government's wider Industrial Strategy. The Minister also introduced a new service ‘findmystreet.co.uk' to help people understand more about the road network in England & Wales: where a street is, what its official name is in the National Street Gazetteer (NSG), and who is responsible for its maintenance. Funded by the Local Government Association and built by GeoPlace, Findmystreet enables anyone to access the nation's official National Street Gazetteer free of charge to view data and use it to report missing Public Rights of Way to relevant highways authorities. Speakers at the conference demonstrated how they use local authority address & street data to save lives in the emergency services; protect citizens and prevent fraud; show how government policy is delivered effectively, and improve our lives in many other ways. |
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GeoPlace: New ‘findmystreet.co.uk’ service introduced by Jesse Norman MP at GeoPlace conference GeoPlace announces Conwy County Borough Council as 2019 Exemplar Award winner GeoPlace: Sunderland City Council wins the Data Quality & Improvement Award Ordnance Survey: Geovation Scotland to open in Edinburgh GeoPlace announces 2019 Award winners GeoPlace: Christopher Bell wins GeoPlace 2019 Peer Award GeoPlace presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Glenn Dobson, Hull City Council GeoPlace; the ‘unsung hero’ of effective service provision Britain’s Most Fantastic Addresses (and UPRNs) Traffic Regulation Order Data Discovery Project GeoPlace working with the Department of Transport to Keep Britain Moving GeoPlace responds to HM Treasury’s discussion paper ‘The economic value of data’ Persistent and well-behaved identifiers Remember it’s YOUR personal data |