Guidance & Projects
Contributing to the Local Council National Mapping Statistics project
Overview This project aims to visualise organisational, environmental and technological factors about town, parish and community councils in order to see regional and national variations. Video Tutorial Here's a summary of the project. Step-by-Step ...
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 ...
Plotting Public Rights of Way Issues and Signage
Overview Found under the "PROW Management" collection, there are two layers to help when it comes to surveying and protecting vital public rights of way. When using these layers, remember you can use Geolocation (Using Geolocation (GPS Positioning) ...
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 (ILUT) available within the XMAP platform (https://irenes.xmap.cloud/login). It outlines the resources available for the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...