Overview
Manchester Geomatics Ltd (MGL) specialises in the management, presentation and analysis of
spatially referenced socio-economic data.
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Why is ‘spatial’ a problem?
Everything happens somewhere, and where it happens is fundamental to most businesses and organisations.
However the design of most information systems pays little attention to locational issues. These issues arise
over different timescales and require different responses:
Data Quality
A large amount of staff time is wasted and customer dissatisfaction is generated by failing to find an address
or other location where a service needs to be delivered. Modern in-vehicle navigation systems and web based
maps are only part of the solution. Quality data is fundamental to enabling front line staff to deliver a high quality service.
Point of service
Problems associated with the delivery of a service are unlikely to emerge, other than anecdotally, from front
line staff. Poorly presented spatial information often results in a heavy burden on customer services and data
management teams and can hinder data sharing initiatives. A more consistent approach to enabling front line staff to deliver a service
can offer real efficiency improvements.
Strategy
Patterns of sub-optimal services may emerge as such data quality issues and service inefficiencies are discovered.
An organisation may recognise that their problems are not service-specific, but apply to a range of services.
At this stage a strategic overview, offering alternative solutions, which may be service specific – or organisation wide
will result in significant longer term improvements in your organisations spatial data management and service delivery.
The Manchester Geomatics approach
We approach such issues at three levels:
information location
- Quality assure new data capture and audit existing data holdings to minimise error and maximise efficiency
- Collate, analyse and present spatial data enabling organisations to collect data once and reuse it many times
- Assemble data from many sources, internal or external to organisations, into
a single coherent, manageable system
Please read more about information location or contact
Ed Scrase.
information delivery
- Publish and share organisation’s spatial data using lightweight customised Internet or Intranet applications.
These systems contain easy-to-use functionality that will exceed the needs of the vast majority of users
- Integrated business intelligence tools that help to identify unusual patterns in the statistical information.
Please read more about information delivery or contact
Fay Davies.
information strategy
- Conduct feasibility studies, provide information strategies and advice on how they may be implemented
- Improve spatial data management procedures, presentation and delivery, increasing the efficiency
of your organisation
Please read more about information strategy or contact
Robert Barr or Dave Butler .