Open Data

The government has emphasied its commitment to Open Data in the Smarter Government paper published in December 2009 and has set up the Local Public Data Panel Opens in a new window to oversee the release of local public data.

Below is a list of datasets that Surrey Heath Borough Council has opened up to allow developers and website owners to access data held by the council. More data sets will be added over time. Data is licenced under the Open Government Licence Opens in a new window unless otherwise stated below.

If you build any systems using the data then please contact us. We would love to hear how this data is being used.

Dataset	File Format	Date Published	Licence information
Business Breakfast Twitter	RSS Opens in a new window	23-09-10
Camberley Theatre Events	RSS Opens in a new window	01-01-09
Camberley Theatre Twitter	RSS Opens in a new window	23-09-10
Committee Agendas	RSS Opens in a new window	01-01-09
Council Committees	RSS Opens in a new window	29-10-10
Councillors	RSS Opens in a new window	29-10-10
Events in Surrey Heath	RSS Opens in a new window	01-01-09
Job Vacancies	RSS Opens in a new window	23-09-10
Licensing applications in Surrey Heath (View in Google maps - paste the RSS feed URL into the search bar at http://maps.google.co.uk Opens in a new window)	RSS Opens in a new window	20-07-11
Planning applications in Surrey Heath (View in Google maps - paste the RSS feed URL into the search bar at http://maps.google.co.uk Opens in a new window)	RSS Opens in a new window	24-11-10
Play areas in Surrey Heath	KMZ Opens in a new window	08-09-10	Ordnance SurveyFile Type: Adobe PDF document, File Size:20.85 Kb (3 seconds @ 56K) Opens in a new window
Polling Stations	KML Opens in a new window	05-05-10	Creative Commons
Pollings stations (Google maps)	KML Opens in a new window	05-05-10
Public Toilets in Surrey Heath	KML Opens in a new window CSV Opens in a new window	12-01-11 12-01-11
Council Finances	CSV	31-08-10
Surrey Heath Boundary	KMZ Opens in a new window	08-09-10	Ordnance SurveyFile Type: Adobe PDF document, File Size:20.85 Kb (3 seconds @ 56K) Opens in a new window
Surrey Heath News	RSS Opens in a new window	01-01-09
Surrey Heath Twitter	RSS Opens in a new window	23-09-10
Surrey Heath Wards	KMZ Opens in a new window	08-09-10	Ordnance SurveyFile Type: Adobe PDF document, File Size:20.85 Kb (3 seconds @ 56K) Opens in a new window
Surrey Police - Surrey Heath News	RSS Opens in a new window	04-08-11
What's New on the Council website	RSS Opens in a new window	01-01-09

What is KML or XML?
XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. It allows information to be shared between computer systems in a structured format. It is the standard means of providing datsets for re-use by other individuals or organisations.

KML is a form of XML which is used to provide geo-spatial mapping data.

The KML and KMZ files can be opened by Google Earth or in Google Maps by copying and pasting the URL into the search box or they can be saved and then opened as XML. This KML data is free of Ordnance Survey licenceFile Type: Adobe PDF document, File Size:20.85 Kb (3 seconds @ 56K) Opens in a new window restrictions.

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