FIND Offerings Brochure

  Fleet House, 8-12 New Bridge Street, London EC4 6AL E support@findmaps.co.uk T 0845 521 1410 Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     FIND Maps offerings May 2012  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     1  Contents Map backgrounds 5 • The FIND colour map 5 • Ordnance Survey backgrounds 5 • The ‘Imagery’ layer 5 Property package 6 • Listed Buildings 6 • Built Heritage 6 • Planning Applications 6 • Flood Constraint 6 • Conservation Areas 7 • Boundaries 7 • Postcodes 7 • London Building Heights 7 • Protected Views 8 • Crossrail 8 Environmental package 9 • Areas of natural importance 9 • Radon potential 9 • Soil chemistry 9 • Landfill 10 • Permitting 10 • Pollution incidents 10 • Aquifer permeability 10 • Soil permeability 11 • Source protection zones 11 • River network 11 Flooding Package 12 • Flood constraint 12 • National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA) 12 • Historic floods 12 • Flood defences 12 • Flood defended areas 13 • Flood storage 13 • Groundwater flooding 13 • River and coastal flooding 13 • River network 14 The Geology and Mining Package 15 • Borehole index 15 • Ground stability 15 • Geological detail maps 15 • Mining 15  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     2   Aerial Photography 16 • Ultra View 16 • Modern 16 • Historical 16 The Height Package 17 • Digital terrain and surface models – DTM and DSM 17 • Optimised TIN model – OTM 17 • 5-10m Interval contours 18 • Landform panorama 18 • 3D building models 18 Address Package 19 • Postal addresses 19 • Complete address solution 19 • Postcodes 19 Land Registry Documents 19 • Title registers, title plans and lease documents 19 Marine data 20 • Raster charts 20 • Marine themes 20 • Marine bathymetry data 20 Northern Ireland mapping 21 • Large scale vector (1:1 250, 1:2 500) 21 • OSNI street map (1: 10 000) 21 • OSNI town map (1:50 000) 21 • OSNI Northern Ireland map (1:250 000) 21 • OSNI Aerial photography 22 • OSNI Boundaries 22 • OSNI Height models and contours 22 • OSNI Historic maps 22 • OSNI Addresses (‘Pointer’) 23 • OSNI Road network 23 Reports 24 • Find protected view report 24 • Find planning application report 24 • Groundwise utilities report 24 • GroundSure reports 24  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     3   FIND will change the way you work. Reduce mapping costs and increase efficiency with the UK's most advanced interactive site assessment tool for businesses. We are a pioneering web mapping technology company, offering the UK’s most advanced interactive site assessment tool for businesses. FIND brings together multiple data sources in one place for instant access. This document lists much of the growing data available on FIND Maps. This information can be mixed and matched to provide bespoke assessment tailored to your site’s specific needs. • Free to register • Pay as you go with monthly bills • Competitive pricing • Fast, efficient and easy to use • Free training and telephone support • Dedicated client support • Works on PC, Mac and all major browsers www.findmaps.co.uk Key benefits • Assess sites faster for more efficient and informed decision-making • Identify and capitalise on development opportunities around any site • Use accurate desktop analysis to reduce site visits, saving time and money • Give reports and presentations more impact, depth and quality  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     4   Our data providers We have pioneered this groundbreaking tool with the trust and support of the most reputable data providers in the country. This allows us to bring you more accurate and detailed information about your site and the surrounding area than has ever before been available in one place for instant access on a pay as you go basis.   Who we work with   Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     5   Map backgrounds The FIND colour map • Based on the most detailed map in Great Britain (Ordnance Survey MasterMap Topography) • Carefully developed colour map highlights property-related elements, e.g. building outlines. • Designed for easy interpretation, gives reports and presentations clarity and quality. • Also available in its original black & white form as the ‘OS Plan’, with additional detail • Competitive print prices: 3ha print (A4) at 1:1250 scale £15; 5ha print (A4) 1:1250 scale £18   Ordnance Survey maps • The ‘Street’ 1:10 000 scale map provides a detailed overview of the area surrounding a site • The ‘Locale’ 1:25 000 scale map displays basic road and building outlines, including hill contours and height information. • The ‘Town’ 1:50 000 scale map adds a wider context to any site, with water features, height contours and important buildings highlighted • The ‘GB’ 1:250 000 scale map allows for simple national-scale browsing, and provides a useful backdrop to smaller-scale environmental datasets   The ‘Imagery’ layer • National coverage of recent aerial photography (as used on Microsoft’s Virtual Earth) • High-quality resolution imagery, up to 12.5cm • FREE to view  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     6   The Property package Listed buildings • National layer of all 370,000 graded listed buildings across Great Britain, as designated by English Heritage and Historic Scotland • Each listed building has individual hyperlinks to photographs of each listed building on the English Heritage ‘Images of England’ website • FREE to view, print and export   Built heritage • FIND has put together a national layer of all Scheduled Monuments, World Heritage Sites, Parks and Gardens, and Battlefields across Great Britain • FREE to view, print and export    Planning applications • A map of all planning applications in the UK dating back to 2004 • Filter applications by month and year, property type, development type, planning application status and size • Valuable strategic tool for monitoring competitor activity and identifying opportunities Flood Constraint • Environment Agency Flood Zone maps are key to the interpretation of Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25) which is used to steer development toward areas of low flood risk. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     7   Conservation areas • Layer displays the area, name and designation date of local authority conservation areas • Only business portal for conservation areas in the UK • Collated and updated in-house by the FIND mapping team this layer details conservation area boundaries for local authorities across the UK • Conservation areas on FIND have a hyperlink to the corresponding relevant local authority page • Includes complete coverage for Scottish Conservation areas   Boundaries • National layer of all administrative boundaries across Great Britain, as determined by Ordnance Survey. Includes Parishes, Wards, Electoral Divisions, Constituencies, Local Authority Districts, and Counties. • Only business portal in the UK where you can instantly view and print boundary maps and pay only for what you use • Includes links to MP and Local Authority UDP plans Postcodes • National layer of all postcodes across Great Britain, divided by their postcode unit boundaries, as defined by Royal Mail addresses. This includes postcode units, postcode districts, and postcode areas. • Only business portal in the UK where you can instantly view and print postcode maps and pay only for what you use • Easily identify a property with multiple postcode units assigned   London Building Heights • Exclusive FIND layer to view and print average and maximum building heights for London, as well as get instant access to building area, volume and floor numbers. • Uses sophisticated modeling techniques combining Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap Topographic building area footprints with Blom Aerofilms’ high quality 50cm interval LiDAR data. • Enhances your desktop site investigations by viewing easy-to-interpret building elevation data over industry standard OS MasterMap.    Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     8  Protected views • Displays a density coverage map of all designated protected views across Great Britain, as defined by local authorities • Created in-house by FIND we, are the only business portal for instant access to protected views in the UK • Easily assess if a FIND protected view report is necessary   Crossrail • A map of the proposed development plans for the new extensive rail infrastructure across London • Each feature contains a hyperlink to the official planning document on the Crossrail website • Use this to instantly assess if your site is affected by the the Crossrail development    Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     9   The Environmental package Areas of natural importance • National layer detailing many environmental designations as determined by Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage, and the Countryside Council Wales; Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special protection areas, Important Bird Areas (IBAs), RSPB reserves (Royal Society for for Wales. Includes Ancient woodland, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Biogenetic reserves, Biospheric reserves, Country parks, Local nature reserves, National Nature Reserves (NNRs), National parks, Ramsar the Protection of Birds) • Includes Rights of Way and Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) • Only business portal in the UK for instantly accessing areas of natural importance • FREE to view, print and export   Radon potential • Displays the current definitive map of radon affected areas in the Great Britain from the BGS. • This layer provides the answer to one of the standard legal enquiries on house purchase, known as CON29 Standard Enquiry of Local Authority; 3.13 Radon Gas: Location of the Property in a radon Affected Area. It also provides information on the level of protection required for new buildings under BR 211 (2007) Radon: Guidance on protective measures for new buildings. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. Soil chemistry • Displays ambient background concentrations of elements in topsoil from natural and non-natural sources • Required for Local Authority risk assessments, and are used to establish whether local measurements may be the result of significant anthropogenic contamination. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     10  Landfill • Environment Agency map of landfill activity and record of historically licensed and license exempt landfill activity. • Useful on logistical studies where the proximity of a suitably equipped and licensed waste site is a development constraint • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. Permitting • Shows the use and storage of dangerous substances. • Contains eight sub-layers from the Environment Agency covering many aspects of Environmental Permitting Regulations. • Only instantly accessible commercial source of this data currently available in the UK. • Locate environmental permits, licences, toxic discharges and dangerous substances around your site. Pollution incidents • Displays records of pollution incidents from the Environment Agency • Each incident is given an impact rating for air, land or water. • Only instantly accessible commercial source of this data currently available in the UK. • Immediately discover environmental pollution incidents around your site. Aquifer permeability • Provides an initial risk assessment of the impact of a development on groundwater. • Assists in the assessment of risk to major groundwater abstractions from potentially polluting activities. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     11  Soil permeability • Used for assessing activities on undisturbed natural soils (e.g. agricultural land) whereby users need the soil class information. • Groups the many different soils of England and Wales into three soil vulnerability classes and six sub-classes. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. Source protection zones • Source protection zones (SPZs) are certain areas within an aquifer that’s considered to form the catchments to public water supplies and certain other private supplies. • The zones are determined by the travel time of a pollutant from when it enters the aquifer system to when it arrives at the groundwater source. • Used to support policies and practices in the protection of groundwater. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. River network • Fully attributed and in topologically correct river network map, derived in part from Ordnance Survey Master Map features. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     12   The Flooding package Flood constraint • Environment Agency Flood Zone maps are key to the interpretation of Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25) which is used to steer development toward areas of low flood risk. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. National Flood Risk Assessment - NaFRA • Only business portal in the UK for commercially accessing the Environment Agency’s National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA) model • Available instantly to view, export and download without an administration charge • View latest NaFRA 2008 (released June 10th 2009)   Historic floods • FIND's interface enables you to filter out floods that occurred between data ranges you are interested in and due to the causes you specify. • This data is helpful in flood risk assessments to cross check modelled flood risk with past events and identify homes and businesses that may have experienced flood problems in the past. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. Flood defences • Highlight areas that benefit from flood defences during both fluvial flood and tidal flood events • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     13  Flood defended areas • Only business portal in the UK for instantly accessing a national layer detailing areas at risk of groundwater flooding, as defined by the British Geological Survey • Easy-to-interpret “risk” colour scheme, with 5 levels of risk • Environment Agency has stated nearly all flooding to properties in London during Summer 2007 were due to surface water Flood storage • Flood Storage Areas (FSAs) shows areas that act as an attenuating reservoir, storage basin or balancing pond. • Displays areas that should be expected to flood readily • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. Groundwater flooding • Only business portal in the UK for instantly accessing a national layer detailing areas at risk of groundwater flooding, as defined by the British Geological Survey • Easy-to-interpret “risk” colour scheme, with 5 levels of risk • Environment Agency has stated nearly all flooding to properties in London during Summer 2007 were due to surface water • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.   River and coastal flooding • Only business portal in the UK for accessing a national layer showing areas at risk of flooding from inland floodplains and coastal plains, as defined by the British Geological Survey • Display the influence of underground rivers, such as the Fleet in London • Two-tier colour scheme for easy of interpretation • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.    Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     14  River network • Fully attributed and in topologically correct river network map, derived in part from Ordnance Survey Master Map features. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.   Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     15   The Geology and Mining package Borehole index • Map includes all boreholes, shafts and water wells from all forms of drilling and site investigation work carried out onshore and near shore across Great Britain held by the British Geological Survey. • Displays over Ordnance Survey mapping. • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices. Ground stability • National layer of geological mapping detailing ground stability, as defined by the British Geological Society • Displays 5 different levels of ground stability over Ordnance Survey mapping • Only business portal in the UK for instant access   Geological detail maps • National layer of geological categorisation as defined by the British Geological Survey, drawn at two map scales; 1:10 000 and 1:50 000 • Subdivided into 5 categories; Faults and rock segments, Artificial ground, Landslip deposits, Superficial deposits, and Bedrock • Displayed over Ordnance Survey mapping   Mining • National map layers, detailing areas of potential coal mining, non-coal mining and brine extraction, as defined by the British Geological Society • Displayed over Ordnance Survey mapping • Instantly view, print and export this dataset at competitive prices.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     16  Aerial photography Three separate categories of aerial photography: ‘Ultra View’ • Over 24 000 of the highest resolution (2.5 – 4cm) photography available for London • Photos taken in 2006/07 available for instant search and can either be downloaded or posted as prints • Images display unprecedented detail such as roof detail and road markings.   Modern • High-quality photographs across the UK covering the last decade. • Images sourced from all major aerial photography providers • Search instantly and view thumbnail previews prior to purchase • Easily insert photos into reports in JPG format   Historical • FIND works with all major Aerial Photography organisations to give you unprecedented access to thousands of historical aerial photos going back to the 1960s. • Only instant access to Historical Aerial Photography achieve in the UK • Growing collection of over 30 000 images • Search instantly and view thumbnail previews prior to purchase • Search by year, plan, oblique or direction  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     17   The Height package Digital Terrain and Surface Models - DTM and DSM • 50cm resolution Digital Terrain and Surface Models from BLOM Aerofilm, ideal for use with urban CAD modelling and high detail applications • Data collected by LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) • This data can be exported from FIND in a variety of formats (ASC, DXF, XYZ, DWG) • Environment Agency and Getmapping 2m resolution Digital Terrain and Surface Models used for creating 3D fly through demonstrations, environmental modelling, rural and urban CAD models • Data collected by LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) • This data can be exported from FIND in a variety of formats (ASC, DXF, XYZ, DWG) • Intermap NextMap 5m resolution Digital Terrain and Surface Models, used for creating 3D fly through demonstrations, photo-draping and environmental models • Data collected by RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging). Suitable for more generalised studies of landscape where lower resolution is appropriate and cost effective. • This data can be exported from FIND in a variety of formats (ASC, DXF, XYZ, DWG) • Coverage for England, Wales and Scotland Optimised TIN Model – OTM • Enables a wide variety of applications to present the world in three dimensions to provide powerful and practical visualizations • The OTM process results in a data file much smaller in size than a raw TIN • The OTM has been developed especially for CAD users to quickly start projects and save time. 3D surfaces can be generated instantly instead of having to process data prior to modelling.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     18  5M – 10M Interval contours • Suitable for use when slope, aspect and height of the land may be a factor in assessment or analysis. • This data can be exported from FIND in a variety of formats (SHP, TAB, DWG and DXF) • Data is from the Ordnance Survey Landform PROFILE product range. Landform Panorama • FREE broad brush terrain model of the UK • Consists of drawn contours derived from 50k base mapping and a digital terrain model at a resolution of 50m • View as hillshade or export as contours and DTM in DWG, DXF, XYZ and ASC formats • Use for terrain analysis, drainage analysis, visual impact studies and radio wave propagation. 3D Building Models • View urban areas in unprecedented detail, available in medium and high detail versions, and in many different CAD formats • Many cities available within 1 working day, while any area of GB can be built as a bespoke model within 15 working days • Used for applications such as viewshed analysis, project visualisation, protected view corridor modelling, and town planning  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     19  Address package Postal addresses • Basic address information that identifies residential, business and public postal addresses across Great Britain. • Purchasing addresses in an easy to use database format allows it to be used for multiple addressing requirements. • Export in CSV, SHP and TAB formats Complete address solution • Complete address solution includes Royal Mail addresses, properties without a postal address, multiple occupancy properties, property use and coordinates • Use for planning and logistics to spatial analysis. • Export in CSV, SHP and TAB formats. Postcodes • National layer of all postcodes across Great Britain, divided by their postcode unit boundaries, as defined by Royal Mail addresses. This includes postcode units, postcode districts, and postcode areas. • Only business portal in the UK where you can instantly view and print postcode maps and pay only for what you use • Easily identify a property with multiple postcode units assigned Land Registry documents Title Registers, Title plans and Lease documents • Increase efficiency ordering Land Regsitry documents you need around a site with FIND’s unique map interface • Useful for locating properties where little or no address info is known. • Use maps and aerial photos to locate a property of interest • Order Registry Titles, Plans, Leases and SIM searches • Search the index map without needing to buy a separate map • Order multiple documents at the same time and download instantly to your desktop.  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     20  Marine data Raster Charts • Raster Charts comprises the well-known and popular nautical chart series from the UK Hydrographic Office • supplied as image files for easy loading and use in GISUse maps and aerial photos to locate a property of interest • Popular nautical chart base map, low cost and ready for immediate use in GIS applications. • The data is supplied in GeoTIFF format as individual charts for different geographic areas at discrete scale levels. • Raster Charts are available worldwide depending on permissions granted by contributing nations.   Marine themes • Comprises authoritative data from the UK and other Hydrographic Offices • Engineered into logical data layers for easy loading and efficient use in GIS • Elevation; Shipwrecks and Obstructions; Industrial Facilities; Transport; Administrative and Management Units; Geographical Regions • Ideal for applications where features need to be selectively displayed or analysed to create derived outputs or as a reference base for alternatively sourced or additional data layers • Suitable symbology is provided as standard (e.g. ESRI Layer Files) meaning that the data is ready for immediate use in GIS   Marine bathymetry • One arc second grid and data • Compiled from the best available multibeam and singlebeam survey datasets. • Arc Grid, other formats available on request  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     21  Northern Ireland mapping Large Scale Vector (1:1 250, 1:2 500) • Most detailed map available for Northern Ireland. Captured at 1:1 250 or 1:2 500 scale in urban and rural areas • Vector map of points, lines and polygons contains 190 feature types or attributes, and can broadly be considered as the Northern Ireland equivalent to Ordnance Survey MasterMap for GB. • Export available in NTF, DXF and DWG, or prints available in PDF and JPEG format.   OSNI Street map (1:10 000) • Detailed raster map available for Northern Ireland from the Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland. • Broadly considered the equivalent of the OS "Street map" 1:10 000 scale raster for Great Britain. • Export available in TIFF and ECW.   OSNI Town map (1:50 000) • Map features detailed information on roads, footpaths, woods, water features, important buildings and height contours in Northern Ireland. • Broadly equivalent to the OS "Town" 1:50 000 scale raster for Great Britain. • Good base map for viewing areas in context, or for geological and environmental information that cover a wide area. • Export available in TIFF and ECW   OSNI NI map (1:250 000) • Smallest scale raster product available for Northern Ireland • Offers an excellent overview of Northern Ireland as well as the border counties of the Republic of Ireland • Details include A and B class roads, railways, villages, towns, cities, county boundaries and selected points of interest.  • Export as TIFF and ECW   Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     22   OSNI Aerial photography • Seamless layer of aerial photography covers the whole of Northern Ireland • Imagery regularly updated and no older than March 2003 • 25cm resolution, and is supplied as fully geo-references 2.4km x 1.6km tiles. • Export as ECW   OSNI Boundaries • Various boundaries for the whole of Northern Ireland are available in a number of formats. • Used in a number of applications such as demographic analysis, population breakdown and political analysis. • Export as SHP and TAB   OSNI Height models and contours • Digital Terrain Model (DTM) gives an accurate representation of the Earth’s surface with all man-made and natural features removed, such as buildings or tree canopies. • Contours are detailed lines of common height across a landscape. • 95% of the data within +/- 1m accuracy • Used in applications such as visualisation, height analysis, viewshed analysis, and environmental applications. • DTM export as DGN and XYZ, Contours export as SHP and TAB   OSNI Historic maps • Historical map archive details Northern Ireland history, featuring over 20,000 historical maps dating from 1835 to the 1960's. • Come with a 'Points of interest' layer, detailing locations of past factories, mills, breweries, railways, mines, forests, springs, wells, areas liable to flooding, places of worship, graveyards and many others relating to health, law and education. • Maps come fully geo-referenced, ready for use in a GIS. • Export as TIF and ECW    Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     23   OSNI Addresses (‘Pointer’) • The most comprehensive and authoritative address database for Northern Ireland with 800,000 address records • Each record adheres to a common address standard and every property has a Unique Property Reference Number. • Attributes include building name/number, road name, locality, town, ward, townland, postcode, and X / Y co-ordinates. • Export as CSV   OSNI Road Network • Vector product details all motorways, A class, B class and C class roads in Northern Ireland, making it ideal for route planning, vehicle tracking or asset management. • Each road contains details such as road name, unique reference number and other properties, and it is fully matched against other official sources (such as Pointer) for product compatibility. • Export as TAB or SHP  Support 0845 521 1410 www.findmaps.co.uk     24  Reports FIND Protected view report • Unique to FIND and created in-house, the protected view report details and names designated protected views that cross your site of interest • Along with named plans of all the views, the report includes their descriptive features and the Local Authority who designated them. • FIND offers additional analysis, including bespoke assessment for building height for a given site and 3D modelling should your report warrant it   FIND Planning application report • Provides a summary of planning applications in the UK since 2004 around a site • Instantly downloadable in Excel format • Filter applications by month and year, property type, development type, planning application status and size • Valuable strategic tool for monitoring competitor activity and identifying development opportunities   Utilities report • As part of a due diligence and feasibility study get a professionally researched and complied report about utilities and services around a site. • Outlines information on, under, above and around your site • Typically up to 30 utility and service providers are contacted for each report • Professional Indemnity Insurance Cover to £2m GroundSure reports  • Make a cost effective to traditional reports, providing up to date information relevant to all aspects of the property and environmental sectors. • GroundSure reports are interpreted by IEMA accredited consultants. The organisation holds extensive Historical Land Use data, identifying 6,500 individual potentially contaminative land use types. • Due diligence reports from GroundSure, divided into three categories: o Environmental – EnviroInsight, GeoInsight, MapInsight, and Siteguard o Commercial – Screening, Review and Data o Residential – Homebuyers, Flood and Planning   Title page_FIND offerings 2012 Products document handout 2012_02_22