We work with service level agreement holders, customers and the public to meet a range of data needs. Our ongoing development has been shaped by our users since 1996.
Data is the core of everything we do. It is our life blood and our reason for being. Find out more about the data we hold, what you can do with it and how you can contribute to it.
We encourage everyone to submit records knowing that not only will they be securely managed, but also that they will help inform decisions in London.
Our data is available to all - whether you want to know what wildlife is in your back yard, need comprehensive data for a single site or you need to know everything about everything.
Many of the datasets GiGL manage inform the planning process. Protected and notable species observations and designated sites information provide baseline data to consult as part of local decision making. These and other datasets can also feed into strategic planning at the landscape level.
GiGL's work would not be possible without the many recorders in London. These pages explain what happens to your records at GiGL and include some practical recording guidance.
At GiGL we are celebrating entering record number three million into the species database! The record in question was one riband wave moth (Idaea aversata) from a large London Natural History Society dataset of moth records digitised by GiGL and verified by County Moth Recorder, Colin Plant. This dataset was one of several recently added to […]
It is a new Chinese lunar year, and families across China, and in Chinese heritage communities across the world, have been celebrating the festivities together. Travel to be with family members in China may create the world’s largest “annual human migration”! The Chinese web-services company Baidu have used data to create striking live mapping of people’s travel for the New […]
