Local Government

Cadcorp Case Study GIS in Local Government

Basildon is the largest town in the borough of with a population of 107,123 in the county of , . It lies 26 miles east of Central , 11 miles south of the city of and 10 miles west of Southend-on-Sea. Nearby smaller towns include to the northwest, northeast and to the southeast. It was created as a new town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill, from the conglomeration of four small villages, namely , , Basildon and Vange. Cadcorp knew what was needed. I was very happy with Challenge the outcome. The engagement Basildon Council runs a weed control programme throughout was good and I liked that the borough. The council owns many, small parcels of land everything was checked and that are distributed right across the borough. To set out a proofed as we went along. tender for grounds maintenance, it first had to ascertain land ownership and then separate these areas by type of surface. - Street Scene Maintenance Officer, Having a member of council staff measuring each individual Basildon Borough Council block and working it out was going to be too time consuming.

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Solution Outcomes and benefits Basildon Council has been using Cadcorp Having the output in this report format makes tendering SIS as their GIS for many years. For this easier for Basildon Council. Long term it brings the benefit project, the council selected the Cadcorp of a proactive weed control programme. The data analysis Data Analysis and Modelling Service. by Cadcorp is reusable and is already being used by its Cadcorp was able to create a definitive cleansing department for a similar project. As Basildon layer of land ownership, calculate the Council starts using it more, it will bring efficiencies to corresponding Ordnance Survey tendering and their general maintenance programming. MasterMap Topography Layer® land classifications and create a report Undertaking this proactive set of including both a map and tabular output. works will in the long run lead to This included detailed PDFs (see Fig. 1) happier residents and happier elected and spreadsheets with all the necessary members. information broken down.

- Street Scene Maintenance Officer, Basildon Borough Council

Fig. 1

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