Lee Valley Regional Park Authority selects Cadcorp

31 May 2007, 12:32pm

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority selects Cadcorp SIS as its new corporate GIS

New GIS will help Authority promote its strategic role, provide information to stakeholders, partners and Regional Park users and improve day-to-day operations.

Stevenage, Herts. 31 May, 2007. Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp has announced that Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) has selected Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System as its new corporate GIS. The contract includes multiple licences of Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller and Cadcorp SIS Map Editor desktop GIS software, Cadcorp GeognoSIS software for the provision of a web mapping facility, and licences of Cadcorp’s mobile GIS software, Cadcorp mSIS – mobile Spatial Information System.

The contract represents the LVRPA’s first deployment of a corporate GIS, and sees Cadcorp SIS replacing existing, legacy, departmental systems.

David Anstey, director of regeneration and GIS project champion, LVRPA, said, “The main driver behind LVRPA deciding to invest in a fully corporate GIS was the need to collate and control maps and other geographic information to improve operations. The ability to access this vital information will enable LVRPA to work closer with strategic partners and ensure that the future development of the Lee Valley Regional Park integrates with the regeneration of the Lower Lee Valley and Olympic Park”.

Multiple applications
In the first instance, the main users of the new GIS will be planners, estates and building surveyors, grounds maintenance contract managers, biodiversity specialists and park rangers. Once the system’s intranet capability has been implemented, users will expand to all levels of the organisation.

Usage of the system is expected to include the monitoring of planning applications, land and property Terrier, thematic mapping of census and areas of deprivation data, grounds maintenance contract monitoring, the internal and external asset register, and biodiversity data, including mapping and monitoring protected species of flora and fauna within the Lee Valley Regional Park. Cadcorp mSIS will be used as a tool by LVRPA staff, including rangers and biodiversity staff who spend a large percentage of the time out on site.

“LVRPA selected Cadcorp SIS following a comprehensive evaluation of available GIS software because it provides the best value-for-money in terms of performance versus price. It was also felt that it is easy to use. Also, with its ability to read and write a wide range of data formats, it will also enable quick and easy data exchange with other GIS software used by partner organisations”, said Anstey.

“We are proud that Lee Valley Regional Park Authority has selected Cadcorp SIS as its new corporate GIS,” said Mike O’Neil, managing director, Cadcorp. “We look forward to working with LVRPA to help it realise its ambitions.”

About Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) is a statutory body responsible for managing and developing the 10,000 acre linear Lee Valley Regional Park - the only Regional Park serving London, Hertfordshire and Essex. The 26 mile long Lee Valley Regional Park serves as a strategic link providing green spaces and regional centres for sport and a range of leisure facilities.

LVRPA is also responsible for regenerating derelict and neglected land into high quality public open spaces and wildlife habitats of ecological importance.

LVRPA is creating a zone of sporting excellence throughout the Lee Valley. It has delivered the £16 million Lee Valley Athletics Centre and is working with partners to deliver a sustainable Olympic legacy for the region. LVRPA has also committed to fund the legacy Velodrome to create a regionally important VeloPark comprising all elements of cycling and the White Water Canoe Slalom Course as a regional centre for canoeing.

This year, LVRPA celebrates an important milestone – its 40th anniversary. To mark this special anniversary the Authority will be holding a year long celebration. It is holding a full calendar of events, large and small to celebrate the diversity of the Lee Valley Regional Park. Details of the event programme can be found on www.leevalleypark.org.uk

About Cadcorp
Established in 1991, Cadcorp is a leading UK developer of digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software. With offices in the UK and the USA, Cadcorp's distribution and value-added reseller (VAR) network stretches worldwide. The company also plays a pivotal technical role in the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.® (OGC®). The Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System product family is fully integrated digital mapping and GIS software that uses OGC certified compliant interfaces. Cadcorp technical director Martin Daly is an OGC Gardels Medal holder for his contribution to the OGC, and a member of the OGC Architecture Board. Cadcorp is an ISO9001:2000 certified company, an Ordnance Survey Licensed Partner and holds a UK government Catalist S-CAT agreement for category 15, GIS Software. Cadcorp SIS applications exist in local government, central government, emergency services, insurance, oil & natural gas, mapping and surveying, commerce, utilities and many other markets. (For more information please visit: www.cadcorp.com).


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For further information contact:
Richard Rollins, Tel: 01438 747996, e-mail: richard.rollins@cadcorp.com or
Neil McLeod, Tel: 01666 504293, e-mail: neilmcleod@btopenworld.com.

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