GGP Systems has spearheaded a nationwide upgrade of local government IT following 100% successful migration of its sites to a new national address standard.The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG): 2006 BS7666 standard is set to further underpin moves toward a definitive national address database giving councils a powerful tool to manage their own local address databases, improve the delivery of services, and take advantage of important new NPLG services.
With a comprehensive migration programme including data conversion services, onsite support and training supplied by GGP Systems, its local authority customers have won the race to complete migration to the new standard – ahead of the crucial October 2007 deadline. The Croydon-based supplier of gazetteer management systems and GIS helped over 30 councils achieve 100% success in migrating their local address databases which form part of the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG). “We have had a dedicated team of NLPG software specialists and support engineers working long hours over the summer to help ensure our customers made a smooth transition to the new standard. The work to perfect our gazetteer management software has really paid dividends in allowing us to beat the migration deadline across over 30 of our sites that requested our help,” said Tim Maxwell, Managing Director of GGP Systems.
The NLPG enables various local authority departments – from revenue collection and environmental health, to social security and education – to now offer true ‘joined up’ government with benefits that go beyond service delivery. Fraud prevention, tax collection and disaster planning all benefit from the fact that each property is given a ‘Unique Property Reference Number’ for life, transcending numbers, names, descriptions and postcodes. GGP’s NGz software is specifically designed to manage a Council’s Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG); ensuring a consistent, up to date and accurate record for all property based information.
From October 2007 all English and Welsh Councils are required to transfer data to the national NLPG hub in compliance with the new data standard. GGP NGz also provides an interface between the local authority database, other council property database systems and the NLPG central hub. The new NLPG: 2006 BS766 standard data transfer format, DTF 7.3, includes additional address details including the ability to record the name of occupiers of commercial buildings, land use classifications and associated ward and parish.
