Spatial data audit
Review datasets, formats, ownership, quality, dependencies and service use before migration or consolidation work begins.
- Spatial data audit
- Data migration
- Address matching
- Geocoding
- Mapping data
- Integration and ETL
- Platform consolidation
Spatial data that supports council services
Spatial data is not just a GIS issue. It underpins gazetteers, UPRNs, address matching, service boundaries, basemaps, planning, building control, local land charges, Traffic Regulation Orders, public portals, reporting and system integration.
When councils replace systems, consolidate platforms or reorganise services, the quality and structure of that data often determines how smoothly the work can move forward.
What StatMap Data Services can support
Migration planning
Plan how data will move from legacy systems into appropriate GIS, gazetteer, case-management or reporting platforms.
Address matching and geocoding
Connect records to places using address matching and geocoding workflows where suitable data sources are available.
LLPG and AddressBase support
Support address-led workflows using LLPG, LSG, UPRN and AddressBase-style datasets where configured and licensed.
Mapping and managed datasets
Help councils prepare and use basemaps, operational layers and managed spatial datasets where configured.
Data cleansing
Identify duplicated, incomplete or inconsistent records so teams can decide what to cleanse, retain or retire.
GIS layer preparation
Prepare spatial layers for browser-based GIS, service workflows, public maps and reporting.
Integration and ETL
Transform and move data between GIS, gazetteers, case-management systems, portals and reporting tools.
Reporting datasets
Create extracts and views that help teams understand service activity, spatial patterns and operational dependencies.
Platform consolidation
Support councils bringing multiple datasets, systems or service areas into a clearer spatial data plan.
Data migration and consolidation
Legacy systems often contain duplicated, inconsistent or poorly documented spatial data. Migration is rarely just file conversion: councils need to understand data ownership, quality, downstream dependencies, public-facing services and the business rules that sit around each dataset.
StatMap can help plan, cleanse, transform and load data into suitable platforms, including browser-based GIS, gazetteer management, case-management workflows and public-facing services.
Related guidance
Modern spatial reporting in Earthlight
Using Earthlight to turn configured map queries into Word reports for workflows such as contaminated land searches, planning screening and constraints reports.
Local Government Reorganisation: why your gazetteer must be ready from day one
Why a unified LLPG and LSG should be ready from day one, and how eVO GMS can support legacy-system continuity and future transformation.
Addressing, geocoding and gazetteer data
Address and street data is central to many council workflows. LLPG, LSG, UPRN and AddressBase-style datasets can help link records across services where they are configured and licensed for the authority's use.
Geocoding and address matching can help connect service records to places, which is especially useful when data is being migrated, consolidated or prepared for GIS, reporting or public access.
Mapping, basemaps and GIS layers
Council teams rely on accurate basemaps and operational layers to understand places, properties, constraints, service areas and public information. StatMap can help prepare, manage and publish spatial data for browser-based GIS and service workflows.
Those layers can support planning, building control, local land charges, TROs, gazetteers and public portals, depending on the authority's data sources and requirements.
Corporate GIS
Prepare spatial layers and data access for Earthlight corporate GIS and service-specific web mapping.
Mapping Services
Support hosted mapping, operational layers and map services where configured for the authority.
Integration and ETL
Spatial data often needs to flow between GIS, gazetteers, case-management systems, public portals, reporting tools and third-party systems. Data integration work can help prepare, transform and move data where appropriate, using scheduled or configured processes where those are part of the implementation.
How we usually approach data work
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- Discover
- Identify systems, datasets, owners, formats, links and service dependencies.
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- Assess
- Review quality, completeness, duplication, geometry, attributes and downstream use.
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- Cleanse
- Prepare records, addresses, layers and attributes so they are suitable for migration or integration.
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- Transform
- Convert formats, structure fields, adjust schemas and prepare data for the target platform.
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- Load
- Move data into the agreed system, repository, service or reporting environment.
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- Validate
- Check migrated or integrated data against agreed acceptance criteria and operational needs.
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- Support
- Help teams operate, maintain and improve the data after implementation.
Where Data Services helps
Local Government Reorganisation
Plan data consolidation across gazetteers, GIS platforms, case-management systems and public portals.
Gazetteer Management
Support LLPG, LSG, UPRN and addressing workflows around trusted gazetteer data.
Corporate GIS
Prepare spatial data, layers and access models for browser-based GIS.
Local Land Charges
Support search areas, constraints, property data and spatial checks.
Planning & Building Control
Connect applications, inspections, addresses, documents and spatial context.
Traffic Regulation Orders
Support restriction data, street context, geometry and public-facing TRO information.
Public portals
Prepare data for public-facing search, maps, application views and reporting.
Discuss your spatial data project
Talk to StatMap if you are migrating data, consolidating systems, improving address matching, preparing GIS layers or connecting spatial data with council workflows.