The prototype is aimed at providing local stakeholders with a visual place from which to prompt conversations about land use challenges and to widen their access to previously insularly held datasets. Supporting dialogue between individuals and organizations that govern, own, manage, and utilize land.
Aligning diverse interests.
England is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe with many competing land use interests clashing increasingly.
Dialogue and access.
Finding ways to manage competing land use demands is difficult, but the online viewer is designed to bring stakeholders together.
Testing ground for data visualization.
The pilot project provides information on what data and visualizations are useful for stakeholders and what kind of interface and design find useful and intuitive.
Local policy planners have confirmed that mapping up-to-date and freely accessible high quality data, on nature sites, flood risk, water quality and information about agricultural land would help many different stakeholders make quicker and better informed decisions about land use. Creating a central platform will help align knowledge and resources, empowering more effective decision making on local land use.