{"id":14995,"date":"2017-02-24T17:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T17:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14995"},"modified":"2017-02-24T17:55:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T17:55:25","slug":"befs-announces-scotlands-hes-database-on-heritage-by-constituency-in-advance-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14995","title":{"rendered":"BEFS announces Scotland\u2019s HES database on \u2018heritage by constituency\u2019, in advance of elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Built Environment forum Scotland (BEFS) has announced that, following their encouragement, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has established a database using its existing GIS data so users can search for designated assets by constituency and council ward.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Saskia Smellie of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befs.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">BEFS<\/a> said: \u2018In the lead up to Scotland\u2019s local government elections in May, BEFS has been encouraging HES to establish this public interface and are delighted to say that this resource now exists.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It takes the form of a searchable map and it will be updated quarterly.\u00a0 And while one or two glitches are still being ironed out, being able to share exactly what is in a politician\u2019s ward or constituency should prove a useful advocacy tool.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC<\/a> Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018We are delighted to welcome this public service initiative from HES.\u00a0 We are sure that, as BEFS has suggested, the mapping tool will, through the electorate, help remind elected members in local authorities and in the Scottish Parliament of the huge values in, and great diversity of, the historic environments that they represent.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is not a substitute for other services or resources in the sector, but another useful platform to allow Scotland\u2019s public to engage more effectively with its valued architecture and places, and with those responsible for their care and enhancement\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built Environment forum Scotland (BEFS) has announced that, following their encouragement, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has established a database using its existing GIS data so users can search for designated assets by constituency and council ward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14996,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995\/revisions\/14996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}