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OS: A range of new licences from Ordnance Survey provide users with free access to a wide range of mapping data for experimentation and development. Users can now download sample areas of premium products direct from the Ordnance Survey website, while even more data – up to 10% of anywhere in the country – is available for free to those that request it.
 
The three new licences – entitled ‘Discover’, ‘Evaluate’ and ‘Developer’ – make it easier for businesses, government agencies, social groups & entrepreneurs to experiment with Ordnance Survey data and realise the value of location-based information.  Samples of 22 datasets are available, including the entire OS MasterMap product suite of topography, imagery, address and transport network layers.
 
The licences, one of which is only half an A4 page in length, have been created specifically to be easy to understand and to offer the chance to test, develop & demonstrate Ordnance Survey data internally or to potential customers without cost.
Press release ~ New licences and free data downloads
 
FA: According to Fellows Associates, innovation in delivery is essential for the long term sustainability of the social care system.  Northgate Public Services have launched an online self-service support solution which gives the citizen greater control and promotes enablement and early intervention in adult social care.
 
Supporting a pro-active & preventative model of personalised social care centred on improved wellbeing, with greater choice & control for individuals, My Support helps citizens to shape their own lives & the services that they receive.
 
Whilst online self service will not be appropriate for all citizens, for many it will provide a means of increasing citizen satisfaction with their social care support.  Citizens will benefit from 24x7 access to information & services from the comfort of home at a time that suits them.
Press release ~ Fellows Associates ~ Northgate Public Services
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