Multimap for Local Gov
eGov Toolkit have just done a great new Multimap implementation for Pinpoint (an application providing planning application information).
Here is a great example for Epping Forest District council. It provides access to data on 100,000 planning applications made over the last 60 years!
The features of this application I really like are:
- The use of custom tiles to create an overlay that ‘washes out’ the areas outside the district. Simple and effective!:
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A special ‘cluster’ marker that automatically zooms in on the map to display all the applications in the cluster. This creates a great, simple user experience without cluttered maps:
- A collapsing/expanding sidebar that provides the history of a site when a marker on the map is selected:
- And coolest of all, a time bar slider that automatically updates the display of application on the map so you can look at the history of those 100,000 applications:
Oh and it uses ASP.NET on the server and SQL 2008 (including the new spatial features) in the backend….
