Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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MHCLG Publishes Guidance Endorsing Open Source for Digital Planning Infrastructure
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published updated technical guidance for its Digital Planning Programme,…
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OpenTopoMap Integration Offers OS Terrain 50 Alternative for Infrastructure Teams
Network Rail’s geospatial team has begun evaluating OpenTopoMap alongside open Copernicus DEM datasets as a cost-reduction measure, potentially…
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Nextcloud Deployment Saves NHS Property Services £500k in Licensing Annually
NHS Property Services has disclosed that its enterprise Nextcloud deployment, rolled out across 27 regional offices over 18…
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Buckinghamshire Council Migrates Revenues System to Open Source Stack
Buckinghamshire Council has completed a phased migration of its revenues and benefits processing away from a legacy Capita…
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Bentley Systems Faces Pressure as OpenBIM Coalition Backs IFC-Linked Open Tools
A coalition of European contractors and consultancies, including Arup and Skanska, has published a joint position paper urging…
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Surrey County Council Migrates Highways Asset Management to OpenStreetMap-Based Platform
Surrey County Council has completed a phased migration of its highways asset register onto an open-source stack centred…
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Planning Portal Trials Open-Source ePlanning Stack Ahead of DLUHC Mandate
The Planning Portal has begun live trials of an open-source digital planning submission stack built on the Open…
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Nextcloud Deployment Cuts Licensing Spend by £180k at NHS Estates Trust
An NHS Estates and Facilities trust in the North West has completed a full rollout of Nextcloud Hub…
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Odoo ERP Replaces Agresso at Two Scottish Local Authorities in Shared Services Deal
Aberdeenshire Council and Moray Council have jointly procured a self-hosted Odoo ERP deployment to replace their ageing Agresso…
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QGIS 3.38 Adopts New Temporal Controller Features for Flood Risk Mapping
The QGIS project has released version 3.38 with enhanced temporal controller capabilities, drawing immediate interest from UK drainage…