Accessing SINC Data

GiGL partners receive core GIS datasets routinely as part of their Service Level Agreement (SLA). For in-house surveys, partner staff can access these via their SLA manager or contacting a member of the Partnership Team.

GiGL can provide further interpretation or tailored outputs to support survey work if required. Read more about our SLA services here: Services for Partners. For SINC review surveys, examples could include:

• Bespoke outputs tailored to specific survey needs
• Modelled datasets, such as Areas of Deficiency in Access to Nature or Public Open Spaces
• Data audits and gap analysis
• Opportunity mapping

Costs: Provision of core datasets for in-house use is a standard part of the SLA package. GiGL can deliver most bespoke or modelled outputs under the existing SLA contract, though large projects may need additional scheduling and/or funding, please enquire. Any externally-funded work should incorporate costs for GiGL’s services.

The SLA licence does not permit the release or publication of GiGL data in the public domain, or direct sharing of data outside of the organisation. Please speak to GiGL regarding permissions for publication.

GiGL can provide SLA partners’ chosen contractor(s) with baseline data for the survey area in GIS or spreadsheet format under a Contractor Licence. This temporarily extends the data use terms and conditions in the partner’s SLA to the contractor, allowing access to the same data as the SLA partner in order to complete a specific project.

GiGL can meet with partners’ chosen contractor(s) to provide an introduction to the baseline data and guidance on how to best collect data that are compatible with integration into GiGL’s datasets. We recommend this meeting takes place early in the process. GiGL will arrange for the contractor licence and supply the required data extracts directly.

Costs: Provision of the datasets to consultants and staff time to resolve queries is included as part of the SLA package. Large projects may need additional scheduling and/or funding, please enquire.

GiGL are unable to undertake data cleansing or digitisation projects following contractor data collection or supply of data significantly departing from best practice standards provided by GiGL, unless prearranged. In cases where a significant amount of work is required to curate data to meet GiGL standards, an additional charge/contract may be required for GiGL to integrate the data into our London-wide datasets.

For non-partners conducting surveys, either in-house or via a contractor, GiGL can provide information about baseline data in report format. The report will include summary tables of the species observations, habitat survey (legacy) data, open space attributes, designated site citations and maps, and sign-posting to additional sources of information.

Alternatively, we can discuss and provide a quote for interpretted data outputs, such as the creation of a SINC map for your project area.

Full resolution GIS datasets are a partner-only product available under licence via Service Level Agreements.

Costs: non-partner work is charged at GiGL’s commercial rate. For a report, please visit our Data Search for Consultants webpage to find out more and submit a request for a quote. If you would like to explore obtaining interpretted outputs though quoted work, or if your organisation has an ongoing need to access data and information services and you would like to consider taking up an SLA with GiGL, please contact Julie.Cox@gigl.org.uk and find out more via our GiGL Partners webpage.

Members of the public can view and learn about all publicly accessible SINCs on GiGL’s online interactive map, DiscoverLondon (see below), while local community groups and members of the public can request bespoke community data reports to view further information for no charge, by contacting a member of GiGL’s Community Team.