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From: "Steve Neville"
Organisation: Westminster City Council
Date: 1st April 1999
Subject: Information in GIS format for Central London

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Dear Micky,

I was looking for any information there is in GIS format for central London. I think a company called Landmark does historical use information but can't find them, any ideas?

Kind Regards,

Steve Neville

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Dear Steve

The company you are looking for is called "Landmark Information Group Ltd". They have a database of OS maps that go back to the 1860's, and produce environmental assessments of areas that may be potentially contaminated.

They have the following data products :-

1. Envirosearch - designed for the property professional, who is dealing with or valuing an individual domestic property.

2. Sitecheck - designed for a practitioner acting in a commercial transaction

3. Sitesearch - recently acquired as a result of buying ICC

Landmark are based in Exeter, and their contact details are as follows:-

Stuart Pearce
Marketing Manager
Landmark Information Group Ltd
7 Abbey Court, Eagle Way
Sowton, Exeter EX2 7HY
Tel (01392) 441 700
Fax [01392 441 709]

www.landmark-information.co.uk

The data that Landmark produces is primarily 'Raster' (ie like a photocopy) but there is also 'Vector' data available (ie scaleable). If you want 'Vector'GIS data for the London area, I suggest that you visit the Association for Geographic Information website.

cheers

Micky

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Dear Micky

ContamiCheck is an environmental risk screening service operated by Environmental Auditors Limited. It holds data concerning :

• Historical land uses (from historical maps)
• Current & closed landfills
• IPC part A & B sites
• RAS sites,
• CIMAH sites,
• NIHHS sites,
• Groundwater abstractions,
• and much more!

Environmental Auditors Limited
New Timber, West Sussex, BN6 9BS
Tel (01273) 857 500
Fax [01273 857 550]

cheers

Matthew Greaves

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Dear Steve

There is a third company that sells Environmental GIS data, called Sitescope. They are a bit coy about giving out a phone number, but are currently trying to 'AOL' the world with trial CD's with 15 free reports.

My sources tell me that the company is run by two ex-founders of Landmark Information. Their data-sets include Environmental Agency and British Geological Survey information. However whereas Landmark's data is in a standardised format (Menu fixe), Sitescope's is more pick + mix (a la Carte)

Their contact details are:-

cheers

Micky

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Dear Steve

And finally there is a company that is planning to fly the whole of the UK at 1:1,000 scale this year, for the Millennium Mapping Company. The air-photography is being done by :-

Wildgoose Publications Ltd
Coalville, LE67 3NR
Tel (01530) 835 685
Fax [01530 835 691]

They have got photography of London ('Cities Revealed') and supply it on CD with a basic GIS package.

cheers

Micky