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We help organisations unlock the power of their place-based data so they can improve their service delivery and delight their stakeholders.
Our client base includes local councils, other government organisations, charities and commercial organisations.
Award-winning GIS at Walsall Council
Find out what’s in Walsall Council’s open source Geospatial Toolkit and how it’s improving the lives of colleagues and residents.
Take a lookMaking GIS part of a Customer Experience Strategy
Find out how Walsall Council’s Report IT and Request IT have improved the customer experience and reduced call centre traffic.
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Making data findable
Discover how we helped Natural Resources Wales share its data with a wider audience.
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The following case studies will give you a flavour of what we do
Contact us for more infoCASE STUDY (CHARITY)
Giving communities in Wales the tools and training needed to improve access to walking
Ramblers Cymru asked us to create a website to publicise new walking routes created by communities.
MAKING INFORMATION EASY TO FIND
An interactive map publicises 140 walking routes created by 17 communities across Wales
MEETING USERS’ NEEDS
Routes are searchable by location, family-friendliness and difficulty
BILINGUAL
The site is equally accessible for English and Welsh speakers
MINIMIMAL RESOURCES REQUIRED
The site takes very little resource to run and is easy for the Ramblers team to update
TECHNOLOGIES USED
QGIS, PostGIS, Postgres, OpenLayers, Eleventy and AWS Amplify
DATA USED
OS and OpenStreetMap
Watch Matt Walker and Rhys Wynne-Jones talk about this project at FOSS4GPhoto credit – Mike Erskine and Cam Elizabeth (Ramblers Cymru)
CASE STUDY (A GOVERNMENT-OWNED COMPANY)
Making OS data easier to find via the OS National Geographic Database
Ordnance Survey turned to Astun for help hosting the metadata catalogue for the OS National Geographic Database (NGD). Key elements of the project include:
ACCESSIBLE DATA CATALOGUE
The catalogue is freely available to everyone, although the data is available to members of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) and others via OS Licensed Partners
HIGH QUALITY METADATA
The metadata is compliant with the UK’s geographic metadata standard, GEMINI
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
Our experts shared their expert knowledge to help OS achieve its Q-FAIR objectives
ECO-FRIENDLY HOSTING
Hosting on Amazon Web Servers (AWS) is secure, resilient and eco-friendly
TECHNOLOGIES USED
GeoNetwork, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Servers
CASE STUDY (LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
Streamlining Call for Sites consultations (Dudley MBC)
Our paperless Call for Sites solution uses an interactive map and electronic submission process to minimise the time Planning Officers spend processing applications. It’s available as a standalone solution or can be integrated with iShare, our popular end-to-end GIS.
USER-FRIENDLY MAP
Users can draw their own polygons on the latest OS mapping
INFO FOR USERS
Relevant information, such as green belts and previous applications, is easy to access
DATA SHARING
Application forms are automatically pre-populated with the polygon ID and area
REAL-TIME VIEW
Integration with iShare enables Planning Officers to view potential development areas
TECHNOLOGIES USED
Ol-ishare, OpenLayers, iShare Studio, PostGIS and Python
CASE STUDY (GOVERNMENT)
Sharing information using heat mapping
(The Scottish Government)
Find out how an interactive heat map can help you meet the needs of diverse users.
SHARE MULTIPLE DATASETS
Enable users to access the data they need
GENERATE DYNAMIC REPORTS
Query map feature underlying data
INTEGRATED METADATA
Provide supplementary information next to your map
TECHNOLOGIES USED
iShare, ol-ishare (our modern mapping interface), OpenLayers, MapServer and PostGIS
FULLY HOSTED AND MAINTAINED
Let us do the hard work so you don’t have to
DATA USED
Pre-styled data from Astun Data Services plus a range of datasets relating to energy usage
Read the case studyCASE STUDY (LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
Creating single-topic web maps (Dudley MBC)
Find out how Spotlight, the free add-on to iShare, can help improve your customer experience.
DELIGHT USERS
Enable users to access relevant information more quickly
SPEED UP MAP PRODUCTION
Create single-topic maps in minutes and upload them in seconds
IMPROVE WEBSITE CONSISTENCY
Replace existing single-topic maps with ones with a consistent look and feel
FREE UP RESOURCES
Spotlight enables non-GIS specialists to produce attractive, customised maps
Read the case studyYou can also read a mini case study about Dudley’s use of iShare (historic mapping) here.
CASE STUDY (CHARITY)
Bespoke solutions
(The Ramblers)
Discover how our custom-built solutions can help your organisation achieve its unique objectives.
EXPAND YOUR TEAM
Allow us to provide the expertise you need to bring your project to fruition
BE READY ON TIME
Simply agree a deadline and leave the project in our capable hands
USE THE LATEST TECH
Benefit from the latest open source technologies
TECHNOLOGIES USED
OpenLayers, MapProxy, GDAL, PostGIS and digitizing tools
STAY IN THE LOOP
Feel like part of the team thanks to regular updates
DATA USED
A range of historic and current mapping datasets including Bartholomew and OS
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