Local councils are increasing the compute of public-facing services with access to geospatial data, according to recently made known research by Pitney Bowes Business Insight.

The business software provider claims that through the whole extent of the next six months, local authorities in the UK expect to afford more location-based services to the public.

The research suggests that 44 through cent of local authorities have recently been involved with projects to produce the public with access to mapping data, which was previously on account of internal use only.

Furthermore, 73 per cent of local authorities expected to agree more location-based services to the public within the next six months.

Almost half (47 per cent) of local authorities have integrated geographic information systems (GIS) through core applications such as CRM and ERP solutions, for more informed decomposition and decision-making.

The findings were from a survey of 100 GIS practitioners in operation for local authority organisations in the UK for the study entitled Understanding the Future of GIS Usage in the UK Public Sector.

“We are at the raise of an information revolution, where previously hidden data is being opened up to the of the whole not private to improve the services they use,” said Steve Deaville, director of public sector strategy at Pitney Bowes Business Insight.

“Local persons cited as vouchers are leading the drive to make online information and services other accessible to everybody. The release of location-based data in notable is leading to new ways of improving citizen self-services via easy-to-use, interactive mapping interfaces on council web sites.”