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Hadrian's Wall Landscape Partnership Project Initiated

Spatial Consultants Ltd are working in collaboration with PorterBrown Solutions and Rebanks Consulting Ltd to support Hadrian's Wall Heritage Ltd (HWHL) develop the first phase of a Landscape Partnership application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

A stakeholder event involving over 35 participants was held in Hexham on 19th May. The event introduced the concept of the partnership and explored potential projects, geographic focus, vision, and steering group membership.

An online survey has been launched to enable organisations to register their interest and to submit projects for potential financial support within the partnership. The form is available at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HWC_LP

Information about the Hadrian's Wall Country Landscape Partnership will be published on the HWHL website.

Rob Stapleton joins as Senior Consultant

We are delighted to announce that Rob Stapleton has joined the company as a Senior GIS Consultant.

Rob brings extensive experience of managing GIS projects, and designing systems and business processes to realise the benefits of Geographical Information within the Public Sector. His expertise includes project management, ESRI ArcGIS technology, GIS business analysis, data management using ArcSDE, SQL Server and MS-Access, and desktop development using ArcObjects. Rob is a Chartered Geographer (CGeogGIS) and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Prior to joining us Rob was the GIS Manager for the City of Carlisle where he was responsible for Corporate GIS and Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG); he also formerly worked as the Joint GIS Officer for Allerdale and Copeland Borough Councils on West Cumbria's Energy Coast.

GIS Data Migration Project Underway for Copeland

Spatial Consultants Ltd has began work on migrating thousands of records into Copeland Borough Council's MIS Headway system for Building Control, Development Control and Land Charges. The new system will enable the council to improve services by enabling faster and more efficient working practices.

Copeland are online at http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/
MIS are online at http://www.mis-lgs.com/

Cockermouth Chamber of Trade Membership

Spatial Consultants Ltd has joined the Cockermouth Chamber of Trade.  The Chamber is acting as a focus in coordinating local actions as the town recovers from the recent floods.

The Chamber has produced a marketing plan to rebuild pre-flood levels of trade in Cockermouth and district until buildings, businesses and infrastructure are re-established so that the town can regain its attractions as a place to live, work and visit.  Online at: http://www.cockermouth.org.uk/chamberoftrade/index.html

AGI Northern Group

Graham Morgan will Chair the AGI Northern Group in 2010.  This regional chapter of the Association for Geographic Information serves GIS practitioners and stakeholders across the whole of the north of England to develop a community of interest and facilitate exchange of best practices between members.  The Northern Group will provide a series of interesting and informative events across the region and will promote professional development by helping members work towards the Chartered Geographer (CGeog) accrediation and continued development.  We also seek associations will other professional groups in the area where there is shared interest.

Please contact Graham directly if you have any questions about the AGI Northern Group.  We welcome suggestions for speakers, venues and collaborations as well as membership enquiries.

The AGI Northern Group is online at http://www.agi.org.uk/north

Sports Mapping Project Completed

Spatial Consultants Ltd has just completed a mapping project for Lancashire Sports Partnership.  This project involved the production of a series of 5 digital maps illustrating the location of clubs, schools and sporting facilities, together with participation rates across the county. The maps was created using data from LSP, Sport England, ONS and OpenStreetMap.  James Ventham (LSP's Marketing and Information Manager) was delighted with the results, saying...

"We had a huge amount of data regarding sports and physical activity across Lancashire, but didn't have the technical expertise in-house to view it or make sense of it. Spatial Consultants Ltd. managed to interpret the data and develop a series of maps that will provide our partnership with valuable insight into sports participation and facilities. With our new maps my team and our partners will be able to make informed decisions on developing sport across our county. Spatial Consultants Ltd. worked quickly and professionally to get their heads round our complex data and working with Sport England at a national level were able to represent our local data in an efficient way. Our restricted budget for the project could have caused problems, but Spatial Consultants use of innovative open source maps meant it kept the cost down whilst maintaining a high quality of product. An excellent service." 

Lancashire Sport Partnership is one of the sub-regional sport partnerships operating across England. They are funded by Sport England, agencies, local government and by private sponsorship.  County Sports Partnerships are an integral part of the Government's drive to develop a 'single sports delivery system' across England, and we are the key bridge between local and regional networks. The role of Lancashire Sport Partnership is to: Lead and facilitate joint work across the partnership to enable an effective 'delivery system' for Sport and physical activity within the County.