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Total Place Maps

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Total Place Maps
• With our unique ‘Total Place’ Maps you can display - on a
single map - everything you need to know about a place
and its customers/communities.
• The maps allow the simultaneous display of three different
layers of data – a base layer, a thematic layer and a
cosmetic layer. All layers can be displayed simultaneously,
at varying levels of transparency.
• The maps are easy to create and can be used interactively,
to inform a wide range of research and marketing activities.

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Other
applications
Select spatial
level
Zoom to
region, sub-
region or
district
Display
information
associated
with buildings
or sites by
clicking on
point
Display one or
more
indicators and
adjust
transparency
using sliding
scale
Display OAC
classification
Display
boundary files
Display
building or site
data
Copy and
save map
Print
map
Download
data
Metadata
Control transparency of base
map using sliding scale
Click on data points to display
associated information
Map comprises base layer,
thematic layer and cosmetic layer
Select
indicator(s)

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Three layers of data
Base layer
• We use Open Street maps to display settlements,
roads and infrastructure.
Thematic layer
• We provide access to over 1,000 socio-economic and
environmental indicators, at a range of spatial levels
Cosmetic layer
• Users can add their own cosmetic data (e.g. buildings,
sites and service centres) - for which supporting
information can also be displayed.
Layers can be viewed individually or in combinations,
with levels of transparency controlled by the user.

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Key features
• Access to a wide range of data for analysing the economic and
social and environmental data
• We also provide access to the OAC geodemographic
classification, for understanding citizens, customers and
communities
• Data displayed at a range of spatial levels, from regions to
neighbourhoods
• Subscribers can include their own point (e.g. buildings) and
polygon (e.g. sites) data, together with associated information
• The site is easy-to-use, allowing users to interact with the maps
and generate high-impact outputs
• Transparency of layers can be adjusted, ensuring simultaneous
display of three different map layers

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Total Place Maps

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Applications
• Asset Management: display the location of publicly owned and land
and property assets, in relation to socioeconomic
• characteristics of local customers/communities
• Health and well-being: display the location of hospitals, GP surgeries
etc in relation to local health condition
• Planning: underpin Local Development Frameworks by showing Green
Belt, Green Space, Development Sites etc
• in relation to the characteristics of local communities.
• Economic Development: show the location of businesses, business
parks and development sites in relation to transport infrastructure and
key local economic indicators (e.g. unemployment)
• Education: map GCSE performance and other indicators, together with
the location of schools and catchment areas