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Doncaster MBC Improves Local View with ESRI (UK)
16 October 2007, 9:17pm
Metropolitan Borough Council has launched ‘My Doncaster’, an online tool to provide citizen access to local information and improve information sharing between partners of the Doncaster Strategic Partnership (DSP). ‘My Doncaster’ is based on ESRI (UK)’s LocalView Solution.
‘My Doncaster’, accessible directly from Doncaster Council’s homepage is helping the Council to support local government requirements to give local people and communities more influence and power to improve their lives.
The web-based solution enables Doncaster Council to provide map-based information so that citizens can quickly and easily enter a postcode and retrieve information including who their Councillor is, local educational facilities and entertainment amenities. It also enables visitors to submit fault reports on environmental problems, such as broken street lights or abandoned cars.
Councillor Margaret Ward, Deputy Mayor, said, “My Doncaster is a valuable tool for the Council to provide its citizens with a one-stop-shop for accurate and timely information on local services.”
Doncaster Council has also implemented the LocalView intranet solution to create the ‘Interactive Maps’ service for the partners of DSP who now have shared access to datasets of spatial information. Formed in May 2001, DSP comprises key stakeholders in the Borough, for example, South Yorkshire Police Force, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue and Doncaster Primary Care Trust. The new solution will increase information sharing between partners and as a result improve services within the community through more efficient service planning and provision.
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