iShare Publisher (optional)
Overview
iShare Publisher enables a Council to publish any of its back office data via its website through a safe & secure means. Publisher makes it a simple task to publish any kind of tabular information. The data can be optimised for searching and to allow citizens to create comments such for planning applications.
These are the basic steps involved with Publisher:
Transfer data to the iShare Maps database using ETL’s Spatial Data Transformation tasks.
Create Internal Data Share Connections. These can be configured to create search indexes on particular fields such planning application descriptions.
Create Publisher Templates on the iShare Maps server. Templates will perform a variety of functions: allow searching, present results, summary or detailed information, maps or provide a comments form.
In the following example planning application data has been published. Data is transferred automatically from internal planning systems. Templates are created for:
searching via application reference number or address - this is where indexes would be used for fast results
advanced searching with more detailed options such as dates, wards, application type
an interactive map showing the applications
a summary page showing weekly applications
another page listing key applications based upon some criteria on the data
and a page listing applications by committee.
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Advanced Search | Map Search | Weekly List |
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Key Applications | Committees |
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Publisher in action
Publisher will handle any tabular data that needs presenting to the public. Here are a few example uses:
Planning - Simple or complex searches of the whole planning database.
Licensing - Perhaps a noisy pub is keeping you awake at night and you want to check out its precise licensing hours before reporting the behaviour.
Environmental Health - Look up hygiene assessments of local food outlets, favourite take-aways, clubs, pubs and restaurants. Enable links to online forms to allow citizens to report their own findings!
Building Control - The main function of Building Control is to ensure compliance with the building regulations Publisher provides a simple way to publish all BC data held by a council.
Cemeteries - The BBC program ‘Who do you think you are?’ has driven a huge increase in the popularity of genealogy. Local Authorities hold vast amounts of data including cemeteries which can often provide clues to help people trying to trace their family lineage. Helping people out can be time consuming so it seems sensible to enable them to ‘self-serve’ via the website.