GIS/Mapping Software

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Dear Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council,

Can you please disclose information regarding the council’s use of GIS/Map software? This includes any software the council uses that allows for the distribution and/or use of GI/Map data over an intranet or the internet for use and consumption by staff and/or the public.
Specifically, can you disclose:

1. The name & provider of any GIS/Map software
2. The number & types of license held for each individual GIS or Map software
3. The price of the licenses held
4. The renewal date or contract length of the licenses held

For Example:
Software: ArcGIS - ESRI, Number of Licenses: 15, Price: £xxxx.xx, Renewal Date: 01.01.2019
Software: Map Info – Pitney Bowes, Number of Licenses: 12, Price: £xxxx.xx, Renewal Date: 01.01.2019

Can you also please disclose the number of any specific GIS staff within the council and their job titles?

For example:
Total Number of GIS Staff: 4 GIS staff
Job Titles: 1 x GIS Manager, 3 x GIS Officers

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Bennett

FOI Officer, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Bennett,

Thank you for your request for information (FOI 45397) submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which has been given the above mentioned reference number. Please quote this on any correspondence regarding your request.

Stockport Council will respond to your request within 20 working days from the date of receipt. If there will be a charge for disbursements e.g. photocopying in order to provide the information, we will inform you as soon as possible to see if you wish to proceed; however such charges are usually waived if they amount to less than £10.

Yours sincerely,
Fahmida Firdaws
Advanced Apprentice
Information Governance, Stopford House (UG South)
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, SK1 3XE
Tel: 0161 474 4299

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FOI Officer, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Bennett,

 

I am writing in response to your request for information (ref FOI 45397).

 

The relevant Council Service(s) has searched for the requested information
and our response is as follows,

                                  

1.            The name & provider of any GIS/Map software

MapInfo Professional & Pitney Bowes

 

2.            The number & types of license held for each individual GIS
or Map software

QGIS Open source software – 300 – 400 installations – no cost

PostGIS Open Source Spatial Database 4 installations – no cost

FME Server – 1 installation with 2 engines - FME  contract is till
30/04/2019

FME Desktop – 7 licenses - FME  contract is till 30/04/2019

Ishare Web Mapping provided by Astun – 3 year agreement ending in 2019

 

3.            The price of the licenses held

The information you have requested is exempt under Section 43 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 as it is considered commercially
sensitive.

 

We believe that by releasing this information it would against the
interest of the councils commercial interests as well as that of the
companies.

 

However as Section 43 is not an absolute exemption I have detailed a
public interest test below outlining this decision.

 

Reasons in favour:

·         Stockport Council is committed to transparency and releasing
this information would be in line with that.

 

Reasons against:

·         Releasing the price might encourage practises such as price
fixing, collusion and similar anti-competitive behaviours which would not
be in the Councils Commercial interest.

·         It would also reduce the attractiveness in bidding for contracts
with the Council as the release of detailed tender information about
suppliers might dissuade them and other suppliers from approaching the
council for future tenders which would not be in the council or suppliers
commercial interests.

 

In consideration the reasons against outweigh the reasons in favour and
the exemption is applied.

 

 

4.            The renewal date or contract length of the licenses held

See 2.

 

Can you also please disclose the number of any specific GIS staff within
the council and their job titles?

Business Intelligence Dev and Data Manager

Business Intelligence Dev Manager

Place Data Custodian

Spatial Intelligence Developer x 2

Spatial Intelligence Developer – Highways x 1

Spatial Intelligence Officer – LDF x 1

Business Intelligence Developer x 2 (FME users but feed into Spatial Tech
Stack)

 

 

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If you are unhappy with the outcome of any internal review, you are
entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner. To do so, contact:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

[2]www.ico.gov.uk

 

01625 545 745

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

William Monaghan

CSS Officer – Business Support

Information Governance

Stopford House South Upper Ground Floor

0161 474 2899

 

 

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