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The state of Welsh-language mapping

The Mapio Cymru team worked with Transport for Wales to investigate Welsh language mapping, geolocation and route finding. This is what we…

May 16, 2022

A stylised image showing the layers that make a digital mapping application. From the bottom up they are labelled: Basemap, Search and geolocation, Points of interest, Routing and Wider UI.

May 16, 2022

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Exploring the Welsh roots of Herefordshire place names

Apr 23, 2022

A simplified map of Herefordshire showing the main rivers, patches of green and Welsh names which occur almost entirely to the left hand side of the map and are more concentrated at the bottom

Apr 23, 2022

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Why is the public sector so weird?

Find the UK public sector confusing and difficult to understand? You are correct, it is

Apr 13, 2022

The chart scale is “Amount in charge”. If the line is at the top this indicates “More in charge” if the line is at the bottom, this indicates “Less in charge” A line starts from the crown and follows a gentle descent until now. There is a sudden dip in the mid 1600s which quickly returns to follow the more gentle descent. The other line starts around 1200 and follows a gentle ascent with a sharp peak and return in the mid 1600s.

Apr 13, 2022

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19th century landuse patterns (at a hack day)

working with tithe map data from the National Library of Wales

Mar 6

19th century landuse patterns (at a hack day)

Mar 6

Measuring progress on your data maturity journey

This post is about why you should keep checking your data maturity. We will get into that but, first, indulge me in a short analogy.

Jan 25, 2023

A scene of a bleak mountainside with a tree in the foreground

Jan 25, 2023

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Data Skills in nonprofits — a discussion

Discussing data skills

Sep 28, 2022

Data Skills in nonprofits — a discussion

Sep 28, 2022

The greatest data strategy ever?

We held a workshop to discuss the principles of a great data strategy for a non-profit. This is a distillation of the discussion.

Jun 14, 2022

A chess piece seen from below against a sunset

Jun 14, 2022

Five things to think about for your non-profit’s data strategy

Here are some of the key things that I have found it is useful to think about when developing a data strategy for your organisation.

Apr 14, 2022

Photo of a lake in a mountain. In the foreground the photographer holds a camera lens. In the lens we can see the distant view magnified.

Apr 14, 2022

Local decisions for local people

Finally an opportunity for Herefordshire to benefit from devolution

Feb 5, 2022

Local decisions for local people

Feb 5, 2022

How to move to a Federal UK in six steps (mostly in England)

All change Maybe it’s just me but the chattering classes seem to be chattering ever more about constitutional change. Arguments fall into…

Jul 24, 2021

How to move to a Federal UK in six steps (mostly in England)

Jul 24, 2021

Ben Proctor

Ben Proctor

Data and digital innovation director at Data Orchard CIC helping make non-profit organisations awesome at using data. Like maps, open data, dogs, bikes & boats.

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