Council mapping team celebrate double industry honours

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team, who work closely with the Network Management team to maintain address and street data in Dudley borough, were awarded two platinum awards at the GeoPlace Exemplar Awards.

Their recognition came in the Local Streets Gazetteer and Local Land & Property Gazetteer categories.

The platinum honour is the top prize on offer at the Exemplar Awards and recognises the very highest level of data quality found in local government records.

This is the eighth consecutive year that the council’s mapping experts have been recognised at the Exemplar Awards for their maintenance of highly accurate land, property, street and address data.

Councillor Phil Atkins, cabinet member for corporate strategy, said:

Our mapping team are some of the real unsung heroes of our borough and I was delighted to learn that their efforts have been recognised by their industry body.

Alongside our network management team, they have consistently worked to improve the quality of our address and street data, driving up standards year after year.

Their work is crucial to the delivery of many council services and provides residents and businesses with reliable, accurate information.

I’m looking forward to seeing how we can make even better use of their work, integrating the data to make it easier for our residents to report issues and find out what’s happening across the borough.