We are delighted to announce that Cyclescape has been successfully awarded a grant from the Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation for the next phase of development on Cyclescape.

The grant covers £10,000 of development work this year, and £8,000 in 2015-16.

The Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation (PPCF) is a grant-giving trust with Quaker family roots in the United Kingdom. It aims to contribute to the development of a just society based on a commitment to nonviolence and environmental sustainability.

Key things that we want to work on, which the funding will contribute towards, are:

• Launching the automated planning applications integration - changes when datasource finalised (see previous blog post)
• Show Google Street View at any location automatically
• Membership management system for delegated groups
• Ability to invite decision-makers and others into specific discussions
• Enhancement of the Library system, which enables key resources to be shared nationally
• Subscription on the basis of themes (e.g. cycle parking) rather than only defined areas
• Private messaging system
• Much better search
• Deadline reminders
• Show photos in nearby area automatically
• ... and more.

You can see many of these within the list of outstanding issues in our public bug-tracker.

We are currently looking for a developer to work on Cyclescape using the funding from this grant - which is open-source code written in Ruby on Rails. Do get in touch if you may be interested.