December 2008 Sleighs, reindeers & now gazetteers!

EVERY YEAR on 24 December, expectant children will gaze into the night sky hoping to catch a glimpse of Father Christmas. Though NASA can track his movements with satellite technology, one question remains - how does he know which addresses to visit?

What might previously have been nothing more than a good sense of direction and a loyal collection of reindeer, is no longer the navigation method of choice for a 21st century Father Christmas.

October 2008 LLPG Custodians and the Candidate Process

Local Land and Property Gazetteers are the backbone of the NLPG but they are only as good as the data provided by the users who monitor and alert custodians to change. Carl Hancock explains how one software tool is helping to rapidly update records.

October 2008 Street Naming and Numbering Just Got Easier

The Street Naming and Numbering Process is a uniquely important part of local authority working since it is the process that not only manages the naming of a street or numbering of a property.

October 2008 Aligned Assets customers excel at the Exemplar Awards

Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets enjoyed yet more success at this year’s Exemplar Awards with seven of its customers recognised across six categories.

October 2008 Aligned Assets reinforces its sales team

Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets is pleased to announce the appointment of James Shean as its new Account Manager.

September 2008 A Solution for When Every Second Counts

There are many elements that go toward creating the efficiency and life-saving capabilities of the modern fire service. One element that is often forgotten by members of the public is the vast quantity of information.

September 2008 Making Location Intelligence Intelligent

Location information needs to be linked to non-geographic information to provide true 'intelligence'...

September 2008 Authority wide access to the LLPG is given a boost

Now that each local authority in England and Wales has completed the lengthy process of creating their Local Land and Property Gazetteers (LLPGs), more than ever they are now...

September 2008 Data Matching Workshop for CORE Compliancy

The Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors (CORE) is a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) project to standardise all electoral registers across the UK and amalgamate them into one national database.

August 2008 Why the Modular Approach is Best

With 'system integration' a business buzz word and t-government initiatives rising up the agenda, Carl Hancock looks at a simple solution to make big beautiful again.

August 2008 New appointments at Aligned Assets

With its client base rapidly increasing, gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets are pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of staff.

August 2008 Aligned Assets software help High Peak to fulfil CORE requirements

High Peak Borough Council have become one of the first local authorities to successfully match...

August 2008 Another win for Aligned Assets

Aligned Assets can announce today the winning of a significant contract to supply South Gloucestershire...

July 2008 Looking for a Match Made in Heaven

Carl Hancock on Central Government Initiatives to Standardise Address Datasets in UK Local Authorities...

July 2008 Super Gazetteers to Aid the Olympics

Carl Hancock from Aligned Assets explores the role of the British gazetteers behind the wings of the Olympic's Transport and Infrastructure Scene...

July 2008 Software Aids in Electoral Register Compliancy

Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets are helping to achieve the realisation of electoral modernisation...

June 2008 Addressing Fire for FiReControl

Software capabilities introduced with the FiReControl project will bring fire crews detailed, accurate information about the properties they are sent out to deal with.

June 2008 Friday the Thirteenth Proves Lucky for Aligned Assets

Paraskavedekatriaphobia, as the fear of Friday the Thirteenth is known, appears to afflict no one...

June 2008 Aligned Assets Strengthens its Team

Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets can announce the appointment of four new members of staff to their ever-strengthening team...

June 2008 Aligned Assets Achieve ISO 9001 Certification

Aligned Assets can announce that it has maintained its position within a select niche of UK companies...

May 2008 Software Development the Agile Way

Computers now populate nearly every aspect of our lives, from our schools and business, through to hospitals and up to the highest echelons of central government. The Geospatial industry is no different...

May 2008 Birmingham City Council chooses Aligned Assets

Aligned Assets can today announce Service Birmingham as their latest gazetteer customer...

May 2008 Transforming Local Service Delivery

For several years now the emphasis within local authorities has been about treating members of the public...

April 2008 The NLPG: a beacon for a successful GI Strategy for the UK?

Carl Hancock wonders over this particularly relevant question in a world where "place" seems to be shrinking behind technology....

April 2008 Innovation and Best Practice In Action

From finding the Cathedral to locating the best spots for a night's clubbing, Exeter City Council's publicly accessible GIS is improving service levels....

April 2008 Symphony User Group

The 16th April 2008 in the grand, Georgian setting of Macclesfield town hall saw the first...

April 2008 Aligned Assets show off their super powers for Sport Relief

On Sunday 16th March twenty three members of the Aligned Assets staff braved the less than...

March 2008 Aligned Assets Release Symphony Gazetteer Version 3.3

Aligned Assets can announce today the release of the new version of its Symphony Gazetteer with...

March 2008 Numbers Swell at the Symphony User Group

Gazetteer Management Specialists, Aligned Assets can today announce that members of the Symphony User Group (SUG)...

March 2008 Aligned Assets are helping BTP with their Enquiries

Who says that size does not matter?  Eight Terabytes of base mapping, aerial imagery together with...

February 2008 Symphony Fires up the Super Gazetteer for FiReControl

Aligned Assets can today announce that it has signed a deal that will see its Symphony Suite...

It’s often said that charity starts at home. Aligned Assets believes that it starts in the office...

Archibald Putt, author of Putt's Law and the Successful Technocrat once famously wrote that, “Technology is...

January 2008 New NLPG Software Assists in the Civil Contingency Sector

Aligned Assets, a leader in the address gazetteer and GIS fields, is a highly-regarded supplier...

January 2008 Aligned Assets continues to grow

In order to aid the continued growth of Woking-based Aligned Assets, the company is proud...