Experts in Place

We enable users of our services to discover, catalogue, share and collaborate on place based data with unparalleled ease through cloud solutions and our team’s expertise

Products

Products

We offer Enterprise GIS based on open source technology. 

Services

Services

Our Professional Services help you solve your business challenges by creating, integrating and supporting geospatial technology in the cloud and integrating with your business systems.

 

How we work

Our mission is to enable users of our services to discover, catalogue, share and collaborate on place based data with unparalleled ease through cloud based software and our team’s expertise.

We use open source foundations to create and deliver world class geospatial products and solutions, helping our customers provide services efficiently through the power of geography.

Working collaboratively with our customers using Agile methodologies ensures our products are based on functional requirements and target user need to maximise benefit. 

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We’re sponsoring the GeoPlace Conference

Join us on our stand to talk about public sector GIS

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Supported technologies

We offer training, mentoring and support across a range of OSGeo technologies, including

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Our products

Our pioneering product iShare is a sophisticated end to end Enterprise Geographic Intelligence platform.
Visit our product pages to learn more about iShare, Data Discovery & Enterprise Metadata and Astun Data Services.

iShare is built on Open Source foundations and has a modular architecture with out of the box integrations to desktop GIS systems and line of business back office systems.

Complemented by Astun Data Services, our comprehensive Web Mapping API, and our Enterprise Data Catalogue tool we have the solution components to bring GeoSpatial data to life in your organisation and partner ecosystems.

iShare

iShare

Including a Spatial Data Warehouse, Intranet & Internet GIS, Problem Reporting, Inspire compliance & Base Mapping Data Services.

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Data Discovery & Enterprise Metadata

Data Discoverability

Our 4-step Data Discoverability process will make your data easier to identify, manage and share via search engines, portals, catalogues and GIS systems.

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Astun Data Services

Astun Data Services

A cost effective and resource free alternative to translating, storing, updating and serving Base Mapping Data to internal and external users.

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Our architecture

Our application architecture is modular allowing you to choose the components that fulfil your business needs.

Our offering

Sample use cases

Our software is used in public facing services and back office systems underpinning service delivery across the public sector, housing and transport sectors.

Elected members

Elected Members

Education

Education

Refuse & waste

Refuse & Waste

Council Tax

Council Tax

Planning Applications

Planning Applications

Community Safety

Community Safety

 Estates Management

Estates Management

Grounds Maintenance

Grounds Maintenance

Professional services and open source GIS training

Our product portfolio forms the foundations of our value proposition with our Experts in Place, providing a range of consulting services to ensure the value of place is maximized in your organisation.

Custom Cloud Solutions

Custom Geospatial Software Development

Our Experts in Place will help you design and manage a bespoke geospatial cloud hosted application targeted to your needs.

Training

Training

We provide AGI Certified training courses on key OSGeo software applications ensuring you can own, operate and make the most of the technology. 

Open Source Support

Open Source Support

Our Experts in Place have over 250 years cumulative experience in the geospatial industry, providing you with invaluable support for you and your business.

Who we help

We work with a diverse range of clients from Local Government, Central Government, Emergency Services, Transport and Housing.

Newport
Scottish Government
Ynys Mon
Cleveland Police
Ramblers
DEFRA
Walsall
Essex County Council

Why choose Astun?

At our core, we’re a technology company specialising in geospatial solutions. We now predominantly provide our product as secure, cloud hosted solutions.

Cloud based Software & Data

Not just a “service” – we simplify the deployment & ongoing management of the solutions by a simple, subscription based model backed up by our enterprise grade support on Amazon Web Services.

Implementing OSGeo in the Cloud

We support products ensuring they are optimised and secure. Additionally we provide core development / issue resolution for products such as QGIS, GeoServer, GeoNetwork, MapProxy etc.

Ensuring Secure Cloud Solutions

Security is paramount including Virtual Private Clouds following the UK Government Cyber Essentials Plus. Access to solutions can be achieved with federated security such as ADFS, Okta, Azure AD etc.

News & views

Read our latest blogs

Empower everyone: how to analyse location data using iShare Insights with Power BI

Discover how to enable non-GIS users to analyse and visualise data using iShare Insights with Power BI. Includes links to tutorials.

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Is GeoPlace 2024 up your street?

Everything you need to know about the GeoPlace conference for the public sector.

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Meet the team: Moira Livesey (Local Government Ambassador)

Find out how Moira’s wealth of experience in public sector GIS benefits our local authority clients

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