The Local Authority Mapping Collective aims to get officers from local authorities in the UK collaborating with one another using Google My Maps. It is hoped that this will allow for large sets of mapped data to be made publically available without the need for bespoke software development. This data could then be used on local authority websites, as well as being made downloadable to use in any number of projects.

We would also like to encourage members of the public to get involved; if your council is not submitting their data to any of our maps, let them know about this project. The more local authorities we can get on board, the larger the data sets we can make available.

At present we are only accepting members from .gov.uk domains for this group, however if you are interested in what we are doing here please get in touch with Andrew Beeken at the City of Lincoln Council (http://is.gd/swxF) to find out more.