Geographic Data Service (GeoDS) - Part of Smart Data Research UK

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We maximise the value of diverse and nationally significant Smart Data through geographic integration, enrichment and validation. We support and empower our users to generate location-driven insight and impact for projects in the public good.

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The Geographic Data Service (GeoDS) is part of Smart Data Research UK’s (SDR UK) mission to unlock the power of data to improve lives. The programme brings together companies, academics, innovators and government to understand our world better and help solve social and economic challenges. We will do this by providing secure data access, being a trustworthy programme for the public and building capability for cutting-edge research. 

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Foundation models: A new way to understand where we live

In this guest post, Smart Data Research UK Fellowship recipient Dr Stef De Sabbata discusses her work integrating open data from the Geographic Data Service to produce a geospatial foundation model that reveals the population dynamics of places in England and Wales Where should a local authority open a new childcare service? Which neighbourhoods would…
Everything happens somewhere: Geographic integration is the key to unlocking the value of smart data

Smart data is most useful when it joins up multiple sources of information through geographic integration
Are you closer to a pint or a prescription? Look up your neighbourhood

Research shows that people are less likely to access health services if they are far from where they live. So, how many British neighbourhoods have better access to pubs than pharmacies?