Platform Roadmap
Smart Island started with the labour market. Here's what's coming next as we expand into a broader intelligence platform for the Isle of Man.
Upcoming Features
AI & Careers Intelligence(5)
Interactive AI Avatar Careers Advisor
PlannedInteractive AI avatar with speech capabilities for career guidance conversations. Natural voice-driven interactions powered by real-time labour market intelligence from the Smart Island platform.
CV/Skills to Job Matching
PlannedUpload a CV or describe your skills and experience in natural language, and the platform will match you against live IoM vacancies using AI-powered skill extraction and occupational classification.
AI Skills Taxonomy Mapping
PlannedMap the Smart Island canonical skill registry to established international skills frameworks (SFIA 9, ESCO, DigComp 2.1, WEF Global Skills Taxonomy) to enable cross-framework skill comparisons and labour market analysis.
AI Skills Taxonomy Crosswalking
PlannedBuild crosswalk tables between international skills frameworks, enabling translation of skill requirements between SFIA, ESCO, DigComp, and O*NET taxonomies. Essential for cross-border labour market comparisons and skills portability analysis.
UCM Course Advisor
PlannedAI-powered advisor that maps University College Isle of Man courses to labour market demand, skills gaps, and career outcomes — helping students choose courses aligned with real employment data.
Data Sources & Integration(15)
Additional Job Source Integrations
PlannedScrape and integrate additional IoM job sources beyond the government portal — recruitment agencies, LinkedIn, Indeed, and sector-specific boards — to provide a more complete picture of the labour market.
Vehicle Fleet Dashboard→
Shipped76,996 registered vehicles — fuel types, EV adoption, supercars on island, engine extremes, AI fleet analysis. Full interactive dashboard with charts and AI narrative.
Companies Registry→
Shipped201,778 registered entities — incorporations by decade, survival rates, buzzword trends (Internet peaked 2000, AI surging 2025), geographic distribution, and registry types.
Property Market Dashboard→
Shipped40,447 land transactions since 2000 — price trends, parish breakdown, seasonal patterns, stacked price brackets, and AI narrative analysis.
Aircraft Register Dashboard→
Shipped1,432 aircraft — corporate jets, manufacturers, registration trends, and the IoM's role as a global aviation hub.
Crime Statistics Dashboard→
Shipped12 years of recorded crime — detection rates, IoM vs UK comparisons, geographic breakdown, and trend analysis.
Financial Services Register (IOMFSA)→
Shipped1,325 regulated entities from the IOMFSA register — 26 business types, activity classes, geographic distribution, and AI narrative analysis.
Online Gambling Licences (GSC)→
Shipped60 licensed entities from the Gambling Supervision Commission — operators, software suppliers, network services, domain analysis.
Weekly AI Digest→
ShippedAI-synthesised executive summary across all 12 datasets — key numbers, social media posts, and platform stats. Produced weekly by our Claude AI agent.
Ship Registry (MAVIS)→
Shipped2,500+ vessels from the IoM Ship Registry — merchant ships, yachts, IMO numbers, vessel types, active/closed status. Full interactive dashboard with donut charts, category breakdowns, and AI narrative.
World Bank IoM Indicators→
Shipped226 economic indicators from the World Bank — GDP, population, life expectancy, trade balance, education, fisheries, and more. 10 chart types covering 60+ years of data with AI narrative analysis.
MUA Utilities Tariffs→
ShippedManx Utilities Authority electricity, water, and sewerage tariffs — standing charges, unit rates, UK comparison, estimated annual bills for domestic and commercial customers.
Weather & Climate Dashboard→
ShippedLive weather for 6 IoM towns (Douglas, Ramsey, Peel, Castletown, Port Erin, Laxey), 7-day forecast, 48-hour hourly data, marine conditions, and 65 years of climate history from Douglas weather station.
Economic Data→
Shipped — via World BankKey Isle of Man economic indicators — GDP estimates, inflation, employment rates, population figures, and sectoral output — aggregated from IOMG publications and treasury reports.
IOMG Open Data Wrappers
PlannedAPI wrappers and MCP tools for Isle of Man Government open data feeds — planning applications, public notices, timetables, and other published datasets — making them queryable by AI assistants.
Government & Democracy(5)
AI MHK
PlannedAn AI-powered virtual MHK that can answer constituency questions, explain policy positions, and debate Isle of Man issues — grounded in real Tynwald data, Hansard transcripts, and legislative records.
Tynwald Hansard Data
PlannedFull searchable archive of Tynwald, House of Keys, and Legislative Council Hansard transcripts — debate topics, speaker analysis, voting patterns, and AI-powered summaries of proceedings.
Legislation Database
PlannedSearchable IoM legislation — Acts of Tynwald, statutory documents, and secondary legislation with AI-powered plain-English summaries and cross-referencing between related laws.
Budget & Treasury Data
PlannedAnnual IOMG budgets, spending breakdowns, departmental allocations, and historical trends — making government finances transparent and comparable year-on-year.
Public Consultation Tracker
PlannedActive government consultations with deadlines, AI summaries of proposals, and historical outcomes — making it easier for citizens to participate in policy making.
Economy & Society(2)
Cost of Living Index
PlannedBasket of goods comparison — IoM vs UK, Jersey, Guernsey, and Ireland covering fuel, food, rent, and utilities. Track how island living costs compare over time.
Tourism & Visitor Economy
PlannedTT visitor numbers, hotel occupancy, airport and sea passenger data, seasonal patterns — quantifying the island's tourism economy and its trends.
Environment & Coast(1)
Coastal Erosion Tracker
PlannedSatellite-derived coastline change detection over time — monitoring erosion hotspots, land loss, and coastal defence effectiveness around the island.
Infrastructure & Platform(4)
IoT Sensor Network
In progressReal-time environmental data from weather stations, rain gauges, soil moisture sensors, and air quality monitors deployed across the island. Live dashboards and historical trend analysis.
Azure AI Foundry Local
PlannedIntegrate Azure AI Foundry Local for on-premise processing of sensitive data — enabling private AI enrichment and analysis without data leaving the island.
Embeddable Widgets
PlannedIframe and embed codes for charts, stats, and dashboards that other Isle of Man websites can drop into their own pages — spreading open data across the island's web.
Community Data Submissions
PlannedLet citizens contribute datasets — beach cleans, footpath surveys, wildlife sightings, local observations — building a community-powered layer on top of official open data.