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SpatialNews Press Release
Successful Government Seminar Series
Held by InfoTech Enterprises Europe
Crime mapping analysis, social exclusion, school catchment analysis and local
land and property gazetteers were just some of the topics covered in the latest
InfoTech Europe Government Seminar. The day focussed on the new challenges
that face local government organisations and education authorities and was
attended by over thirty councils from all over Britain. Experienced local
councillors and consultants covered many current issues, government policies
and new legislation. Dave Yarwood from the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea introduced guests to using geographical information systems; Spencer
Chainey, Head of Consultancy at InfoTech Europe discussed crime mapping;
Peter Hanson, Senior Consultant presented information on school catchment and
network analysis; and Geoffrey Kendall outlined the various e-solutions available
to local government bodies.
Deborah Higgins from Caerphilly County Borough Council presented the positive
aspects of implementing a local land and property gazetteer, how the Data
Protection Act will require councils to be more consistent with data maintenance
and data security and how a property gazetteer can assist with this. She also
discussed how a gazetteer can be used to reduce staff workloads and pinpoint
fraudulent benefit claims.
Felicity Holland from the London Borough of Harrow presented information on
crime mapping analysis. She gave some practical advice about problems that
can occur when creating data sharing partnerships. With the help of Spencer
Chainey, she looked at different methodologies for determining the timing of
various crimes, and how to produce a series of thematic maps that show ‘in-
motion’ hotspots for different crimes, when in the day they occurred and how
they relate to school end or pub closing times.
InfoTech Enterprises Europe is the new name for Dataview Solutions. The name change was
prompted by the expansion of our GIS capabilities and the introduction of both offshore and
onshore general IT services.
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