Land Explorer is a free-to-use website that gives people key information on land. Try it now to find out about the land around you - www.landexplorer.uk
This new website represents 2 years work exploring the information needed for common good land use and how to get it out there. It is a free-to-use, map-based platform aimed at helping people who are trying to use land for the common good. It combines various different land-related datasets with an easy to use interface, and clear explanations of how to use the information. More information in this blog.
This first version of Land Explorer is likely to be most useful to people running or seeking to set up food growing projects, and people who are interested in learning a bit more about the land around them.We have lots of plans for further developments and are keen to get as much feedback as possible on people’s experience using it. (Feedback form here)
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Quality land data is crucial to making good decisions about land use. Our new report explores the information needed by common good land users and how to get it to them. It also highlights some of the most useful data out there and contains suggestions for data producers on making their data more accessible. We’ve published the report in html here (better for mobile phones), or you can download a copy for printing in pdf here.
Our new land mapping website Land Explorer uses maps and open data to help you find the information you need to understand the land around you. Please help us by giving it a go and filling in our (very short) feedback form!
We’re delighted to introduce you to our new website, Land Explorer. Land Explorer uses maps and open data to help you find the information you need to understand the land around you. Try it now for free at www.landexplorer.uk.
This open spreadsheet sets out the information needs of land-based groups and the datasets that can help them. Most of the datasets included are open data. New contributions welcome!
Quality land data is crucial to making good decisions about land use. Our new report explores the information needed by common good land users and how to get it to them.
Earlier today the housing white paper announced exciting plans about opening up the Land Registry. This is something Shared Assets and others have been fighting for, and sounds like an incredibly positive step. This blog outlines some of the key proposals and what they might mean.
Accessible information on ownership is crucial to making land work for everyone. We recently brought together a broad coalition of organisations interested in opening up the Land Registry. There was a real thirst for change, and as the first step we have sent a joint letter to the Minister responsible for the Land Registry.
Shared Assets and DataKind got together 20 volunteer data scientists to explore how land data could help Ecological Land Coop find a new site. Here’s the story of the day
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently announced they will make most of their data freely available over the next year. This will unlock great innovation. How can we ensure it also improves social and environmental outcomes rather than just profits?
“If we want people to play a bigger part in our society, we need to give them the information.” Despite these words from David Cameron in 2010, lack of accessible data about land remains a problem. In this blog we explain why we think access to land data is such an important issue for land based social enterprise and explore some ways in which it might be improved. Let us know what you think.
We recently identified improving access to land data as one of the key ways of promoting common good land use in the UK. Now we want to know more about how this can be achieved. If you are interested in this, or think you can help, please get in touch.
The government has come to its senses and listened to the huge opposition to the privatisation of the Land Registry. This is great news, but there is more to do. Now we need to push for ownership information to be made freely available to everyone
Is it possible for a single platform to give land-based projects the key information they need about the land around them? Our latest project aims to answer this question, and to find a way to increase access to data for common good land users.
