About Bozmaps Platform

Bozmaps Platform is built by Bozmaps, the UK GIS consultancy founded by Semir Kahrimanovic, a GIS analyst.

• BSc in Environmental Science at Nottingham Trent University, and an MSc at the University of Leeds.
• GIS roles since 2019, including LiDAR work and Lead GIS Analyst at a minerals intelligence firm.
• A community role at Mapillary, the street-level imagery platform, since 2025.

Every check reads open data: official datasets from publishers such as the Environment Agency, the Office for National Statistics, HM Land Registry, police.uk, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department for Transport and the Planning Data platform, and OpenStreetMap for streets, shops and chargers. Each dataset is listed with its publisher, its licence and what it is used for on data sources and licences.

• A written method. Each tool states the question it answers, its inputs and settings, its method, its assumptions and its limits.
• Tested. Each engine tool has tests with exact expected answers on test data, and tests that it refuses or explains awkward input, such as an empty area or a single point where an outline is needed. The public versions of the property tools follow the engine's rules and are checked in scripted browser walk-throughs.
• Measured in metres. Engine tools measure distances and areas in metres on the British National Grid, never in degrees.
• Limits stated. Every result says what it cannot tell you, in plain words, with the answer.
• Traceable. Every run on the Bozmaps engine keeps a record of its inputs, settings, the date it ran and the software versions, so it can be traced and run again. The live property risk check names each source and the date it was read.
• Licences checked. Data is used only where its licence allows. Rateable values, for example, are not shown, because the rating list is licensed for business rates purposes only.

The Tool Standard

These rules come from the Bozmaps Tool Standard: fifteen gates from a written specification to a signed review, drawing on published standards such as ISO 19157 for data quality and WCAG 2.2 AA for accessible outputs. It is our own standard, not a certification.

A tool earns the Validated label only after all fifteen gates, including agreement with an independent implementation and a final review signed by Semir.

• England: all the checks.
• Wales: the Census, house sales, recorded crime and the property finder. Flooding, ground, deprivation and designations are England only.
• Scotland and Northern Ireland: not covered.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: the industry map only, with the source of every company, link and figure shown on the map.

Bozmaps Platform screens a place from public data. It is information only, not professional advice.

• Not a survey, a valuation or a structural inspection.
• Not a formal planning search, a local authority search or legal advice.
• Not a site-specific flood risk assessment or an insurance rating.
• Not a credit assessment, lending advice or financial advice.

Use it to see where to look harder and what to ask, then take decisions with the right professional.

To ask for a site report, or with a question about a check or a source, use the contact form. Tell us the sites and what you need to know, and we reply.

If the form does not work, email semir@bozmaps.com.