The National Smaller Housing Associations Conference & Exhibition is a one day virtual event taking place on Wednesday 4th December and which ODCGIS are proudly sponsoring alongside Housemark and Aico. Rick Thompson, Director of Operations at ODCGIS commented “Sponsoring an event is a new step for us and to do it here is an indication of the importance we place in Smaller Housing Associations having the same benefits from GIS Mapping as the larger organisations. Our ‘Smaller Housing Associations GIS Mapping Offer’ is proving to be very popular and underlines how GIS is for everyone, regardless of size.”
Walton Charities have just 110 properties and Greenhill Housing Association, 457 properties are just 2 of the social housing providers that have taken advantage of the package. Railway Housing Association are another, and their Chief Executive, Matt Sugden, will be on a panel with Rick, along with Judy Ashcroft from Procurement for Housing and NHF’s Patrick Merton-Jones discussing ‘Procuring in a Challenging Climate’. The session starts at 1.55pm.
Matt had this to say about GIS: “ODCGIS’ Smaller Housing Association package was the ideal way for Railway to get onboard with GIS. Identifying all our land ownership, plotting our properties on the map and having a GIS to view them made complete sense. Adding in the fact that our grounds maintenance tender was due for renewal, and we needed accurate figures to get the best price, it was a no brainer.”
The Smaller Housing Associations Package makes GIS available to everyone in Social Housing. GIS Mapping used to be only available for the larger housing associations due to the costs involved, but now ODCGIS offer a unique solution through their niche GIS Managed Service. Smaller housing associations no longer need to purchase expensive GIS software or employ their own GIS expert. We do all that for you!
It should be stressed that you should view this as a ‘starter pack’, an introduction to how GIS can benefit yourselves. We will set up the GIS, plot all your properties and attribute them with whatever information you need such as repairs/maintenance data, EPC rating, number of bedrooms etc.
WHAT YOU GET:
•Land Registry Ownership polygons for all assets owned
•Land Registry Data for all corporately owned land that adjoins yours
•Property Points plotted & matched with National UPRNs*
•Full UK Imagery at 12.5cm resolution (Selected Cities 5cm resolution)
•Historic Imagery
•Local Authority, Ward, Parish Boundaries & Conservation Areas
•Indices of Multiple Deprivation Data
•Flood Risk & Radon Risk Layers
•Ordnance Survey Data
•Local Services such as GP Locations, Convenience Stores, Hospitals, Train Stations, Motorway Access Points, Schools, Bus Stops etc.
•5 x GIS Licenses**
•1 x Days Consultancy (for Maintenance/ Updates)
Additional Consultancy days can be purchased, and other open data sets added as required. Costs start at less than £3,000, for more information contact sales@odc.co.uk
To register for the conference follow this link: National Smaller Housing Associations’ Conference and Exhibition