The national media is starting to pick up on the unfolding story of members of the public challenging their local authorities over the right to film or otherwise record public meetings.In an unlikely pairing, both The Telegraph and Private Eye have … [Read more...] about National media picks up on local council filming issue
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Map, apps and the challenge of building perfect council websites discussed
The vital role that visualising data onto maps can have for people delivering services was the starting point for a wider discussion on delivery based on real users’ need at yesterday’s event for local government workers.Ed Parsons, Google’s … [Read more...] about Map, apps and the challenge of building perfect council websites discussed
Police Crime Mapping
The latest version of the Police Crime map is now live at http://www.police.uk/ this latest version has more detail and allows you to search for crimes around public buildings.On the search page, if you type in the name of any public building, the … [Read more...] about Police Crime Mapping
Police Crime Mapping Site Goes Live
This morning, well last night actually, www.police.uk went live.Police.uk allows you to look at crime data by place name postcode or address, so really handy if you are looking to move, but also quite a handy content idea for your Hyperlocal … [Read more...] about Police Crime Mapping Site Goes Live
Using Your Own Domain On Your WordPress.com Blog
As your wordpress site gets more popular you may want to use your own domain on your site, so rather than going to yourdomain.wordpress.com you could have people going to yourdomain.com which would then show the your wordpress site.There are a … [Read more...] about Using Your Own Domain On Your WordPress.com Blog