Web map - making community services visible
Department of Communities and Social Inclusion’s MapIQ website provides information on community and government services
Connecting Up has partnered with the Department of Communities & Social Inclusion to include our community information on the department's MapIQ website. Using a cutting-edge Geographic Information System (GIS) technology solution from intelligent mapping company Esri Australia, MapIQ provides access to information on over 7000 community and government services using data provided by Connecting Up, SA Police, Centrelink, Adelaide Metro and other agencies.
Users can search for services that may be relevant to them via either address or suburb, with most locations featuring embedded hyperlinks to further information.
Esri Australia Business Manager David Floreani said the map was the first of its kind in Australia and heralded the future of how governments would inform residents about their services.
'People are becoming increasingly reliant on accessing and viewing information, such as the location of community services, in the visual, easy-to-understand language of maps,' Mr Floreani said. 'South Australia is the first state to launch a successful services-mapping website that meets these expectations, thanks to an incredible collaboration between a number of government departments, non-for-profit sector and businesses. By acting as a single-point-of-access for information from all these community service providers, MapIQ empowers residents to obtain a wealth of information from the one online map using their computer, tablet or smartphone.
'The South Australian Government is leading the way with MapIQ, leveraging the same GIS technology governments around the world use to deliver information to their citizens on everything from emergency services, to council rates, to development schemes.'
