Report: UK Councils Sharing More Geodata, Services
A PB Business Insights commissioned study titled “Understanding the Future of GIS Usage in the UK Public Sector,” run in June of this year by K2 Advisory surveyed 100 GIS practitioners working for local authority organisations in the UK. Key stats:
- 44% of local authorities have recently been involved with projects to provide the public with access to mapping data, which was previously only for internal use
- 73% of local authorities expected to provide more location-based services to the public within the next six months
- 47% of local authorities have integrated GIS with core applications such as CRM and ERP systems, for more informed analysis and decision-making
