theMapCloud saves you money.

Open data is free - right? But managing and monitoring individual open datasets costs time, money and effort, every day.

the MapCloud offers more than 300 open GIS/geospatial datasets all hosted by us and kept up to date on your behalf. And the cost works out at just £150 per month. Huge savings in time, immense value in knowing this is 100% trusted, curated data.   

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theMapCloud - Trusted, verified, managed.  

theMapCloud delivers the authoritative pack of open data that all GIS practitioners need - 300+ open mapping datasets.

Layered insights, granular and accessible detail. Connect direct to your web mapping or desktop GIS application - or use our APIs to build your own data-driven services.  You can access theMapCloud via WMS, WMTS or WFS instantly, through one single API key.

Environment, transportation, societal data, utilities, inland waters, geoscientific data, health, farming... everything you need, and we're adding new datasets all the time.  

Which attributes are included?

In this free download, we've listed all 80 types of data included in the LandHawk Planning Applications API.

Download the Field Dictionary - there's no catch, simply enter your details - and get in touch if you have any questions.

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How does theMapCloud work? 

theMapCloud is a platform, on which we host 300+ open datasets relating to the UK (some datasets don't cover the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands at the moment, please ask us for full details and sample).  

You can access theMapCloud via WMS, WMTS or WFS, and connect direct to your web mapping or desktop GIS application - or use our APIs to build your own data-driven services.

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Open Data on theMapCloud 

We're adding new open datasets all the time. Currently, theMapCloud includes:  
- 223 environment datasets 
- 29 boundaries' datasets 
- 20 inland waters 
- 14 geoscientific information 
- 11 utilities and communications datasets 
- 3 cadastral planning datasets 
- 85 biota datasets 
- 25 generalised location datasets 

 

 

 

- 20 societal insights datasets 
- 14 transportation datasets 
- 5 oceanic datasets 
- 2 health and wellbeing datasets 
- 35 farming insights' datasets 
- 21 economics' datasets 
- 19 imagery base maps 
- 11 structure datasets 
- 4 elevation datasets 
- 1 climatology, meteorology, and atmosphere dataset 

Who should use theMapCloud? 

If you're targeting risk, building or identifying land usage, applying services or calculating risks of any kind - theMapCloud is ideal. It's not just for policymakers, it's for anyone who's using open data at scale.  

- Land and property analysis 
- Local government and national government 
- Insurers, underwriters, brokers, financial institutions 
- Portfolio owners (such as Housing Associations)

Scottish Government, national land and property companies, forestry and land managers right across the UK already trust us to deliver the open data they need via theMapCloud. 
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Want to know more about theMapCloud?

We believe theMapCloud will change the way you're working with open data - better results, faster, and with far more confidence.

theMapCloud is priced on an estimated, annual WMS usage plan. 

  • Managed open data – +300 datasets  
  • Reduce risk, reduced management time 
  • Up-to-date – guaranteed currency  

Want to know more? Contact us today.

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Why Emapsite?

Unrivalled resources

We simplify the supply and management of mapping products, plans and reports. Blending diverse datasets to uncover hidden commercial insights.

Business intelligence

Our spatial intelligence enables our clients to pinpoint areas of risk and reward, and to make better business decisions faster. 

Proven partnership

We work in partnership, we're supportive, and we're committed to reducing our own and our clients' impact on the environment.