Simple single-topic web maps
Give your website visitors the answers they need
Sharing data has never been easier, thanks to Spotlight, our new free web mapping add-on for iShare.
Spotlight enables even the most novice mappers to generate professional, clear and intuitive maps that are perfect for embedding into individual web pages.
Using Spotlight, your colleagues can create web maps in minutes, share them in seconds and be understood instantly.
Benefits
Spotlight makes data easier to share and understand
Your data
Give data a wider audience via your website or URL sharing
Your users
Enable web visitors to self-serve information across a range of subjects
Your team
Publish consistently styled maps without increasing your workload
Your organisation
Reduce the number of enquiries and Freedom of Information requests
Worried about compliance and consistency?
No need. Spotlight automatically styles labels and adds copyright statements.
Produce quality maps in minutes
There’s only four steps between novice users and great maps
1
Create
Select a dataset and the background map that’s most appropriate
2
Customise
Perfect your map by adding map controls, titles and changing the zoom
3
Share
Send your web team a snippet of code or share your map via an URL
4
Update
Update your maps whenever your data changes
Spotlight in action: the public sector
Empower your residents to answer common queries like these
When will our bins be collected?
Are there roadworks nearby?
Who is our
new MP?
News & views
Here are the latest blog posts
Supporting employees’ mental health
This Mental Health Awareness Week blog by Leigh, our Mental Health First Aider, looks at mental health measures within Astun.
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Five things we learned at the OS PSGA member events
What did we learn from public sector GIS teams at OS’s PSGA events?
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Win a place on our new online Intro to GIS course
Make your own map on our Intro to GIS online course.
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