Croydon, UK, 01 December 2009 - Users of GGP's gazetteer management software have scooped a number of accolades at a prestigious national awards ceremony. The 2009 National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) and National Street Gazetteer (NSG) Awards were presented at a one-day conference 'Underpinning Transformational Government' held on 26th November at the Victoria Park Plaza hotel in central London. Amongst those recognised at the awards ceremony were Blaby District Council, Tandridge District Council, Blackpool Council and Ribble Valley Borough Council - all users of GGP NGz software.
The NLPG / NSG Exemplar Awards are designed to recognise the innovation, effort, commitment and achievement of local authorities, police and fire within the creation, maintenance and utilisation of these essential information resources. Jointly presented by Intelligent Addressing and the Improvement and Development Agency the 2009 awards celebrate ten years of the NLPG the definitive national address database containing more than 32 million entries and used by Local Government and their partners in fire and police and national parks service to join up and transform the provision of frontline services.
Blaby Council was presented with an award for the 'Most Improved' performing NLPG authority while Tandridge Council received the newly created 'Ministry of Justice Award for the Best Implementation of the Electoral Registration Data Standard'. Blackpool Council received the award for Most Effective LSG and StreetWorks Integration highlighting their pioneering approach to asset management and web mapping - the fourth year Blackpool Council has received recognition at these awards. Other users of GGP software to receive recognition included Ribble Valley as the 'Best in the North West region'.
'This is the fourth year running that users of GGP software have demonstrated outstanding performance in these awards,' commented Tim Maxwell, Managing Director of GGP Systems. 'We are proud to be able to support users at the front line of delivering, maintaining and deriving benefit from the both the NLPG and NSG.'
GGP Systems specialise in GIS and Gazetteer Management software specifically designed for the UK public sector. The South London based company provides easy to use solutions for the creation and management of corporate property databases, the ability to add and use a spatial element to all location based information and a range of solutions to meet t-Government directives and the drive towards shared services.
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