On Thursday 04 March, techUK’s Technology and Innovation Programme will be partnering with the Local Services Programme to share insight and expertise on the role of geospatial data in place-based innovation.
Geospatial data has the potential to empower local government to make informed decisions about their communities, and ensure that holistic decisions around housing, transport, recreation, can be made collectively. Place-based innovation, which focusses on working together across the place to improve outcomes for people and collaborating to solve common challenges, can utilize geospatial data as an important enabler of ‘place’.
The layering and integration of geospatial data with other data can transform both rural and urban local authorities and understand the level of access across the country to key services, as well as mapping socio-economic data to find insight about local needs. This could also help communities build in a sustainable way with more informed decisions and increased efficiency in the process.
In this webinar, as part of techUK’s geospatial data campaign, we will seek to understand how geospatial data can drive insight and intelligence for local communities to make informed decisions. We will highlight key use cases where geospatial data has made a remarkable difference for local governments, as well as exploring the challenges that could be inhibiting further innovation. By looking at use cases, both in the UK and internationally, we will be able to showcase the importance of utilizing geospatial intelligence for Governments to adapt to local needs.
This webinar will seek to answer:
- How can geospatial data become a crucial tool to understand whether communities are working and adapting to the needs of their residents?
- What data is available for local governments? Who should local government collaborate with to understand their data. what data we already have
- How do we drive geospatial intelligence with other data, to view wider applicability and significance
- How can we help remove silos in government to share important geographic data
What is techUK’s geospatial data campaign?
To ensure the technology sector is ready and able to play its part in ensuring the UK can become the world leader in the advancement and adoption of geospatial data, techUK’s geospatial data campaign is dedicated to sharing industry insight and knowledge to help the geospatial market and technology sector to collaborate and innovate together. You can read more about upcoming events here
Laura Foster
Laura is techUK’s Associate Director for Technology and Innovation.
Georgina Maratheftis
Georgina is techUK’s Associate Director for Local Public Services
