Location, location, location!

John Fox‘Better connected’ reviewer

Dane WrightIT Strategy Manager

London Borough of Brent

Where is my nearest library?

Where are you?

Location matters

Local authorities are major users AND providers of location-based information resources: lon/lat co-ordinates and postcode derived.

Citizens increasingly expect location-based information to be readily available and easy to use.

Postcode-based service provision from a ‘Better connected’ reviewer’s perspective.

How Brent is using online mapping to provide citizens with location-based information.

West Oxfordshire DC

North Lincolnshire

North Down BC

Thurrock

Salford City

Office for National Statistics

North Lincolnshire

LB Harrow

West Oxfordshire DC

Eden DC

Torfaen CBC

Torfaen CBC

Torfaen CBC

Cwmbran library map location – on Multimap

Salford City

LB Brent