Guides, Tips and Workarounds
Woodland Planning Guide
Overview This guide has been put together by Local Authority Technology CIC as investment in research to help local councils with complex subjects. The information and suggestions come with no warranty, but should be used to provoke thought within ...
Understanding the Property Density Map
Overview The Property Density Map is a piece of analysis produced by the Geoxphere team to help public sector organisations understand their local area better. By visualising how many residential properties there are in a hectare or square kilometre, ...
Mapping Defibrillator Not-spots
Overview You can use Parish Online Mapping to plot the locations of defibrillators and share this information on your website using the Public Map facility (Using the Public Map). Once you've built up the map of existing locations, it might be useful ...
Plotting your Owned Land
Overview The video below shows three methods of plotting your owned land. These methods balance speed versus accuracy.
Getting Started with Parish Online
If you're new to Parish Online, then investing 30 minutes in this tutorial will give you some great practical steps for using it.
Managing your Allotment Plots
Overview Parish Online can be used to manage your allotment plots. There are two pre-loaded layers for you to use: Allotment Boundaries. This is a map of all the allotment sites. It has one area representing each allotment site. Within each area is ...
IRENES Land Use Tool Data Documentation
1. Introduction This document describes the data sources, definitions and assumptions incorporated in the IRENES Land Use Tool (LUT). Please note: this functionality is currently only available to selected users as part of an initial working group. ...
Using the Neighbourhood Plan layers
Overview We know how important Neighbourhood Plans are to a Local Council, and we know how much better they are when maps are included during the drafting and consultation phases. That's why we've taken learning from user feedback and neighbourhood ...
Toggle labels on and off
Overview If a Map Layer has a label as part of its style, you can toggle this label on and off from the layer's mini-menu. Please note: toggling the label state only affects your view. It will not change for you colleagues. To permanently remove ...
Adjusting the strength / visibility of a Map Layer
Overview Map Layers, whether they are background maps (like Ordnance Survey mapping and aerial photography), or overlays (like your own drawn layers) have both a set style and a default opacity. The set style controls how the features in the layer ...
Password Reset doesn't work
Forgot Password Page Issues When trying to reset your password you might get the following error: This can be for a number of reasons. This article is here to help. Email isn't registered on our system This might happen if: You genuinely don't have ...
My layer won't load, it's stuck with a spinning circle, what can I do?
Overview You clicked a layer title to switch it on, you're expecting a tick to appear, but instead you get a spinning circle. This article explains what you can do. Resolution For Base Maps For the collections of base maps shown in your Layer Control ...
Going back in time with the date picker
Overview The Date Picker in XMAP looks like this: You can click the left and right arrows to go back month-by-month. But what if you want to select a date from decades ago, that's a lot of clicking! And you can't type the date in manually (because ...
Website appears to be down
Overview This can happen when the cookie stored on your computer for our website expires. You end up with what appears to be a dead link or a website that's 'down'. Resolution To solve this issue, clear the cookies for your web browser. This can be ...
Northamptonshire ALC Asset Mapping Project (AMP)
Overview This guide is designed to help local councils within Northamptonshire record local assets onto a map using Parish Online for the Northamptonshire ALC Asset Mapping Project. Please note: if you've signed up and your email states 30 day trial ...
Adjusting your Local Council name for billing
Applicable to Parish Online only Overview When you sign up to Parish Online your account name will simply have the name "Oakley" for example. This carries through to your billing information and your invoices. Appending additional text to the end of ...
What3Words (w3w) Integration
Overview Our software does not currently have support for What3Words. We will not be supporting it in the near future until we can find valid reasons to use a 3rd party coordinate translation service designed for spoken word coordinate communication ...
Contributing to the National Allotment Map
Overview The National Allotment Map is a map layer locating all the allotment sites in the UK. It can be edited and updated by any public sector body or by the National Allotment Society themselves. This is a "bottom-up" approach to map editing ...
Changing an object value that's using Class-based Styling
Overview Whether it's a spelling mistake or a change in the concept for your layer, you might find you want to change the text in the column of a map object. Problem However, if you've got that layer set to use that specific column as a class-based ...
Switching background maps to black and white for printing
Overview When printing maps it's possible to change the style of the background Ordnance Survey mapping from the default coloured maps into a black and white lined style. This is of particular benefit when printing the maps out. It saves ink and can ...
Creating a digital asset register
Video Compatible Product Parish Online Overview Your Parish Online account can be used to store your digital asset register. This register is required by insurance companies to ensure you have the correct cover and items are valued at the right ...