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Published: 19 Nov 2004 12:30 GMT

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People living in Nottingham will be able to report faulty street lighting through an online mapping service.

Nottingham City Council has launched an interactive mapping system which allows people to report information to the authority, search for local facilities and access property data.

The Nottingham Online Maps and Data (Nomad) service was developed by the council, Ordnance Survey and IT firm ESRI.

The council is expecting people to use the system to report problems such as faulty street lighting and poor road surfaces. They will also be able to use it to obtain environmental and planning information on properties. Council officers will also access the system to keep it up to date and will use it to help with policy work.

"It will help with a wide range of council services," said the council's GIS manager, Mick Dunn, on Wednesday. "You can view information about local facilities, print out a map, view aerial photos, find your nearest council facility and let us know about a problem. As the site is available to all, it will also help council staff with evidence-based decision making and policy forming."

The service was developed in line with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's priority outcomes for local e-government.

Nomad draws on Ordnance Survey's MasterMap dataset. The council has added information from its environmental, highways, demographic and leisure databases.

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