GiGL has been working with the GLA since long before either organisation existed. John Archer, Principal Policy Officer at the GLA and GiGL’s steering group chair explains. The London Ecology Unit, which was later absorbed into the GLA, was one of the key...
Matt Davies and Lauren Alexander, GiGL’s data team, give an overview of GiGL’s data holdings and the process of inputting and extracting information from the database. GiGL may be ten years old, but the records that GiGL holds cover a much broader time span, dating...
Maria Longley Information is a valuable asset. Its value is fundamental to our role as London’s environmental data custodians and is one of the core principles that drive our data management strategies and policies. We strive to be a good quality source of open...
With a sunrise over the London skyline, we wish you a (belated) Happy New Year 2022 from all of us at GiGL (Benjamin Moore CC BY-SA 2.0) Like a great many of us, I’ve taken a few moments this month to reflect on the passing year. I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking...
Lyndsey Cox, GiGL’s Data Entry Officer GiGL currently holds nearly 2.8 million species records. Whilst I can’t claim to have input all of those records myself, I can lay claim to just over 1.5 million. In recent years, the greatest number of records has come to GiGL...
