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Mapping potentially contaminated sites will for most
authorities, result in the generation of large amounts
of data. This information will be used for a variety of
purposes including prioritizing sites, informing
colleagues (i.e. planners, valuers, housing officers),
reporting to the Environment Agency and communicating
risk to the professional and general public.
The data
resource will also form the basis of an historical land
use archive which will be used for many years to come.
It is therefore important that a robust and flexible
Data Management System (DBMS) is employed for managing
this data.
The Information Management System must be:
- secure
- capable of logging all information
provided with respect to individual areas of
land
- able to tag information type (e.g.
commercially confidential, subject to
national security constraints, etc.)
- capable of being audited to ensure that
any information held is both accurately
recorded and up to date
In addition, Local Authorities will need to consider how they will
give all relevant departments and third parties (i.e.
Environment Agency, members of the public, etc) access
to the data, as well as whether their public registers
will be in electronic or paper form.
The GeoEnviron Contaminated Land module fulfils all the
requirements for a DBMS.
What are the benefits of implementing GeoEnviron?
Some of the major benefits you will realize from
implementing the GeoEnviron Contaminated Land Module
(also called the Site Module) are described below.
Practical Benefits
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GeoEnviron comes with a simple to use,
robust and transparent two stage site
prioritisation system. Stage 1 can be
carried out rapidly (provided source and
receptor information is available) and
produces an 'Inspection Priority List'.
Stage 2, which is carried out after
priority sites have been inspected and
detailed information collected, produces
an 'Action Priority List'.
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GeoEnviron comes with extensive, user
friendly GIS integration capabilities.
You can choose between a specially
tailored embedded GIS or a seamless
integration to external GIS programs
such as ArcGIS, GeoMap, or MapInfo
Professional.
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GeoEnviron allows you to reliably and
efficiently manage all the data
you are likely to collect. Data (i.e.
reports, digital images, sample
analyses, borehole logs, etc) can be
entered directly into the database or
linked to using the system’s extensive
document management facilities.
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GeoEnviron includes integration to
standard word processors, e-mail and
spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft
Word (for mail merging), Outlook (for
sending emails) and Excel (for data
import/export).
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GeoEnviron includes workflow management
tools with which you can timetable
inspection and action programmes. A
calendar is also included to assist you
in managing your case load and to ensure
that you stay on schedule with your
strategy implementation.
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GeoEnviron comes with a powerful
decision support system in the form of
detailed information on industry
profiles, hazardous contaminants and
remediation technologies.
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GeoEnviron's powerful data import/export
facilities mean that it is a painless
process getting data into and out of the
system.
Technical (IT) Benefits
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GeoEnviron features top level security
standards that allow for the creation of
user accounts with different types of
access to the database (i.e. readuser,
writeuser, system administrator etc).
Furthermore, data within individual
tables can be tagged to indicate its
level of confidentiality and each user
given appropriate access privileges.
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GeoEnviron is using high performance
databases (Microsoft SQL Server or
Sybase) to deliver simple to use, but
powerful SQL querying capabilities.
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GeoEnviron is highly scalable. It can be
installed either as a client/server
system in a multi-user environment or on
a workstation in for a single user.
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GeoEnviron is E-GIF compliant allowing
for effective sharing of data in the
database with internal colleagues and
the public via an intranet or the
internet. GeoEnviron Web solutions are
ideal if you are considering
implementing an internal search tool for
planners or an on-line public register.
They not only remove the worries
associated with arrangements for public
access but in addition, give you more
control over the information accessed,
save you time; and help you contribute
to meeting your authority's e-government
targets!
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GeoEnviron can easily be integrated with
other databases in the department via
ODBC or XML.
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GeoEnviron includes an automated
database backup program that ensures
that loss if data in the event of system
failure is minimized. It also has
extensive facilities for recording
meta-data, thereby easing the task of
data auditing.
The GeoEnviron Contaminated Land Module has now been
implemented by over 100 local authorities across Europe
and SE-Asia.
Contact us to arrange for a free demonstration so
that you can see for yourself how you can benefit from
using GeoEnviron in implementing your strategy.
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