(NB The map for PEDL 143 for Leith Hill is free to download) Terra Sulis has published an electronic Atlas of ALL of the onshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDL) in England. These licences cover onshore areas where companies are exploring for both … Continued
Despite a well established Land Registry the question “Who owns England?” is one for which there is no transparent answer. It has taken www.private-eye.co.uk and whoownsengland.org to start answering it but it is a gargantuan task and the data are … Continued
The Chew Valley Lake is the most prominent feature of the Chew Valley and is the primary water source for the City of Bristol and an important strategic resource. It is not natural though and wasn’t built until 1956. The lake … Continued
The Environment has just made its Lidar dataset more widely available and free to use under the Open Government Licence. Lidar is a type of remote sensing that uses a laser to measure the distance from a sensor to an object, … Continued
The Rainfall page is a near-real-time representation of instantaneous rainfall intensity across the West Country. This is not satellite imagery but ground based radar showing where it is actually raining. The imagery is automatically downloaded from the Met Office and collated … Continued
The Government is currently undertaking a Habitats Regulations Assessment in relation to licences for onshore oil and gas exploration and development. How can open data help inform civil society about what this means to their communities? Have a look at … Continued
