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The state of Welsh-language mapping

The Mapio Cymru team worked with Transport for Wales to investigate Welsh language mapping, geolocation and route finding. This is what we…

5 min readMay 16, 2022

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A stylised image showing the layers that make a digital mapping application. From the bottom up they are labelled: Basemap, Search and geolocation, Points of interest, Routing and Wider UI.

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Sir Henffordd

Exploring the Welsh roots of Herefordshire place names

2 min readApr 23, 2022

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A simplified map of Herefordshire showing the main rivers, patches of green and Welsh names which occur almost entirely to the left hand side of the map and are more concentrated at the bottom

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Why is the public sector so weird?

Find the UK public sector confusing and difficult to understand? You are correct, it is

7 min readApr 13, 2022

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The chart scale is “Amount in charge”. If the line is at the top this indicates “More in charge” if the line is at the bottom, this indicates “Less in charge” A line starts from the crown and follows a gentle descent until now. There is a sudden dip in the mid 1600s which quickly returns to follow the more gentle descent. The other line starts around 1200 and follows a gentle ascent with a sharp peak and return in the mid 1600s.

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Measuring progress on your data maturity journey

This post is about why you should keep checking your data maturity. We will get into that but, first, indulge me in a short analogy.

5 min readJan 25, 2023

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A scene of a bleak mountainside with a tree in the foreground

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Data Skills in nonprofits — a discussion

Discussing data skills

6 min readSep 28, 2022

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Data Skills in nonprofits — a discussion

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The greatest data strategy ever?

We held a workshop to discuss the principles of a great data strategy for a non-profit. This is a distillation of the discussion.

6 min readJun 14, 2022

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Five things to think about for your non-profit’s data strategy

Here are some of the key things that I have found it is useful to think about when developing a data strategy for your organisation.

5 min readApr 14, 2022

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Photo of a lake in a mountain. In the foreground the photographer holds a camera lens. In the lens we can see the distant view magnified.

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Local decisions for local people

Finally an opportunity for Herefordshire to benefit from devolution

5 min readFeb 5, 2022

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Local decisions for local people

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How to move to a Federal UK in six steps (mostly in England)

All change Maybe it’s just me but the chattering classes seem to be chattering ever more about constitutional change. Arguments fall into…

5 min readJul 24, 2021

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How to move to a Federal UK in six steps (mostly in England)

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Helping local people map history in Telford

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2 min readOct 14, 2020

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Ben Proctor

Ben Proctor

Data and digital innovation director at Data Orchard CIC helping make non-profit organisations awesome at using data. Like maps, open data, dogs, bikes & boats.

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