Completely agree the open.gov. website is terrible. Spent a day yesterday trying to source what was on the "what's in my backyard" website and pretty much got nowhere!
Another backward step!
May start sending a load of FOI requests in.
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It will indeed be a very sad day. I say we organise a protest march - the open.gov website is possibly one of the most cumbersome and confusing websites I have ever some across. God help anyone that doesn't have access to a GIS.
On 13/06/2017 09:56, Robin Lancefield wrote:
> Possible one of the most useful websites will be closing on Thursday 27th July.
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> A real shame. I know I need to get to grips on how to access the data via open.gov, but I found the "What's in your Backyard" really useful for quickly accessing useful info.
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