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FIND Maps now with enhanced map printing 13 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
We’ve been asking our users what improvements they’d like to see to FIND Maps. The top response was easier map printing. So we’ve responded, and introduced a couple of significant enhancements to prin...
Streamlining Land Registry SIM searches 22 Jul 2013 | 03:20 pm
Are you paying for unnecessary maps to get your SIM? A Land Registry ‘search of the index map’ (SIM) allows you to discover all land titles as well as any unregistered land within or intersecting a ....
Is Open Source right for your GIS data? It could save you a lot! 23 May 2013 | 07:29 pm
The economic climate is harsh and pressure to reduce expenditure and capital outlay means that difficult decisions must be made. At the same time organisations need to maintain quality and remain comp...
Overview of CIRIA C681 stages for dealing with UXO risk with BombRisk 29 Apr 2013 | 02:55 pm
Unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management is a key part of the planning process for any construction, development or infrastructure project in the UK. CIRIA C681 UXO guidelines set out four stages for...
Crossrail developers unearth plague pit full of skeletons 15 Mar 2013 | 04:02 pm
Recent development on London's Crossrail project at Charterhouse Square has unexpectedly unearthed bodies from the Black Death that date back to the Middle Ages. While a significant plague burial gro...
FIND 2012 highlights and the year ahead in spatial data services 22 Jan 2013 | 05:08 pm
FIND's director, Simon Lewis, gives a run down of 2012 and offers a taster of things to come for 2013. January is traditionally a time for taking stock and making plans, looking back and forwards, so...
Seasons Greetings 2012 from FIND Maps 18 Dec 2012 | 04:03 pm
We thought we would take the opportunity to celebrate the festive season by producing a sketchmap. Created in Sketchmap, see link here The above example uses a unique map background created with the...
Managing heritage and archaeology risks for developers 10 Dec 2012 | 08:36 pm
HeritageRisk.co.uk is an innovative online service designed specifically for archaeology and heritage risk assessment at the pre-planning stage. Knowing the risk built heritage and archaeological is...
Marine web mapping services: A new era in marine data delivery 22 Nov 2012 | 08:02 pm
As you know, users of terrestrial GIS need no longer source, order and store spatial data. Instead, they access services online and ‘on demand’. Unfortunately, users of marine data have not been so we...
HeritageRisk.co.uk… a better way to assess heritage 20 Sep 2012 | 02:33 pm
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) and FIND are delighted to announce the launch a new online heritage assessment service for Great Britain, available at HeritageRisk.co.uk. The online and tablet f...
