Entries by Holly Parfoot

Pear are moving

Pear are moving!

We’re excited to announce that on 1st July 2025 Pear will be moving to a fantastic new office location at Gatcombe House, Copnor Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO3 5EJ! This move marks an exciting new chapter for us, providing a larger and more modern space.

The move itself will take place over the next week from 23rd June, and while we’re working hard to make the transition as smooth as possible, we apologise for any potential disruption to our technical support service during this period.

If you find it difficult to get through to us by phone over the next week, please don’t hesitate to email us, and we’ll be sure to return your call as soon as we can. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Important Information for Map Amendments

For anyone with outstanding map amendments, please take note of our new address at

Pear Technology Services Ltd

Gatcombe House

Copnor Road

Hilsea

Portsmouth

PO3 5EJ

We kindly ask that you check our updated address before returning any maps to us to ensure they reach us safely.

New Council Case Studies

New Case Studies

Great news! We’ve just added new council and cemetery case studies to the Pear Technology website, showcasing how our mapping solutions are making a real difference for our clients.

Discover How Pear Technology is Empowering Local Councils
These new case studies offer a fascinating look at the diverse ways Pear Technology’s expertise and PearGIS software are being used to solve real-world challenges for local councils.

  1. Chippenham Neighbourhood Plan: Read how our mapping services and solutions are invaluable to town planning and community development.
  2. Ross-on-Wye Wayfinding Measurements: Learn how we helped modernise town centre signage by providing precise wayfinding measurements using our new PearGIS software.
  3. Henley-on-Thames Cemetery Management: Discover how an interactive online map revolutionised cemetery and burial record management for the council.

These stories highlight our commitment to providing tailored, effective mapping solutions. We invite you to explore these new case studies and see the tangible benefits our clients are experiencing.

Ready to learn more? Head over to our council mapping solutions page to read the full case studies!

Been inspired to take on a mapping project of your own? Has your council used Pear’s mapping software to help revolutionise grounds management or events? We’d love to hear from you – get in touch today!


Chippenham Neighbourhood Plan Case Study


One of Ross-on-Wye's new fingerposts
Ross-on-Wye Town Council Fingerpost Wayfinding Measurements Case Study

Cereals 2025

Cereals 2025

We are excited to announce that Pear Technology will be attending Cereals at Heath Farm, Leadenham, Lincs LN5 0QE on 11-12 June.

Cereals is the UK’s flagship arable event with over 420 leading suppliers showcasing the latest innovations, products and expert advice.


We’ll be demonstrating the latest PearGIS software developments, OTISS, and GNSS surveying hardware and our team will be available to discuss how our solutions and services can help your business.

If you are attending, stop by and see us on stand 218 in the Business, Innovation, Energy & Diversification zone.

Entrance to the show costs just £15 if tickets are purchased online by June 11th; or are available on site for £20 11/12 June.

We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events in 2025

Upcoming Events in 2025

We’ve updated our events calendar. Visit https://peartechnology.co.uk/about-us/events-calendar/ to find out which events, shows and conferences we will be attending in the upcoming year.

Shows and conferences are a fantastic opportunity to see our software in action and ask questions. Try out our range of GPS handheld equipment and learn more about how mapping software can improve your businesses efficiency. 

We look forward to seeing you this year!

NALC Digital Mapping Workshop: Harnessing Local Knowledge

Pear Technology are excited to be running a workshop at next week’s NALC Annual Conference in collaboration with GeoXphere and Bluesky.   The workshop will spread the word about how councils should be using digital mapping to harness local knowledge in order to better understand and serve their local area. Digital mapping can seem daunting at […]

APF Show 2016

  Pear Technology are exhibiting at the APF show from the 15th to the 17th September 2016 at the Ragley Estate. Jonathan Smith, Mark Lloyd and Adrian Parker will be on stand D11a. Discounts are available during the show so please come and see us to find out more.

Consulting Arborist Society

  Pear Technology are sponsoring the Consulting Arborist Society report writing seminar at Minerva Mill, Alcester on 30th June 2016.   We will be available on the day to provide information about our software and give demonstrations.   For more information please click here. 

Public Rights of Way data now available for the majority of the UK

Public Rights of Way data has recently become much more widely available and Pear Technology are pleased to offer the service of adding this information to your digital map. Available on various Ordnance Survey raster tiles, Public Rights of Way information previously had to be purchased then painstakingly traced leaving some degree of inaccuracy. It […]

RPA – Basic Payments Scheme Deadline

2016 Update: Please note RPA boundaries in a shapefile format are no longer available.    The Current Situation With the announcement of the Basic Payment Scheme’s (BPS) withdrawal of their online mapping system, farmers are having to resort back to paper maps. Claim submission deadlines have been extended to the 15th June, 2015. However, the […]

The CLA Game Fair – 18-20 July 2014

With the coming changes to the Basic Farm Payment, this year there is a lot to share in order to get ready for the new scheme. We are going to have all the latest opportunities on display and a team ready to help. This year it a great pleasure that we are also going to be joined by the Ordnance Survey. Read more to enter our draw for a Samsung tablet.