The importance of geospatial data has risen enormously in the past 12 months. This award is for innovation in this important area of digital transformation, open to products and services brought to market or in the public sector.
Congratulations to our 10 finalists in the Geospatial Initiative of the Year Category.
You can check out the top 10 below.
The ultimate winner will be announced at our Digital Leaders 100 awards ceremony in June.
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Meet the Finalists
Emu Analytics, LNER and Transport for Wales: Rail Trespass Prevention Analytics
Working with innovation teams from LNER and Transport for Wales, Emu Analytics implemented and evolved their digital twin software to analyse and predict patterns, risks and impacts of railway trespass using a variety of real-time and open geospatial data sources.
ESRI UK: Local Planning Authority Pilots
Esri UK has collaborated with 3 Local Planning Authorities on a series of pilots to explore ways of digitising the planning process using geospatial technology. Projects focused on common challenges including; community engagement, use of 3D and monitoring developer contribution
North Sea Transition Authority: Using geospatial services to support carbon storage
With the historic launch of the first full Carbon Storage licence round globally, the North Sea Transition Authority required a creative approach to managing this highly interactive process. The NSTA GIS team have delivered solutions to support internal and external users.
Office for National Statistics: UK Census
The UK Census must reinvent itself every 10 years, adapting to technological change, & setting the standard for data publishing for the next decade. The latest Census is the first in the era of “Digital Government” & is now more accurate, efficient, & accessible than ever before.
OpusMap
OpusMap: Hosted SaaS for Local Authority Planning Departments to design, customise and integrate data and interactive maps into responsive web pages delivering content, functionality and user experiences that inform and engage the public in their Local Plan process.
The Ordnance Survey (OS): National Geographic Database (NGD)
In a fast-moving world, solutions require rapid, personalised access to trusted geospatial data. Using the latest technology to revolutionise our data, with customisable access, the NGD represents the biggest change for OS in over a decade, in what’s believed to be a world-first.
PLACE Trust
PLACE Trust is a revolutionary new data trust for location data collected in African urban areas and Caribbean island nations. This location data is vital for governments to provide meaningful solutions to climate change, natural disaster response, rapid urbanization, and more.
Stockport MBC: Geospatial in Civil Resilience and emergency planning
Develop a Minimal Viable Product that enables civil resilience commanders to identify at-risk individuals near an emergency easily. We use self-service open-source web mapping, FME, Geospatial Data Warehousing, SharePoint, and Tableau for efficient data location and presentation.
Tended: Geofencing Technology
Tended has developed a safety solution that combines geospatial technology, wearables and behavioural science to prevent accidents and near misses involving track workers. It comprises an online Planning Dashboard and accompanying Wearable to plan and deliver safer rail projects.
what3words
Even in the world’s best-addressed locations, street names and postal codes often fail to meet the demands of today’s on-the-go society. what3words is revolutionising the way we communicate location, and has given a simple and reliable address to everywhere in the world.