The River Basin Management Planning System Client: Countryside Council for Wales exeGesIS built the River Basin Management Planning System (RBPMS): an integrated MapInfo Professional and web-based mapping tool. This collated, analysed and presented data in order to simplify the consultation process that the EU Water Framework Directive required. ... read more December 2008. Categories: Data analysis Desktop application GIS Web map Web site
CROW Act - Lost Ways Client: The Countryside Agency Working with the Countryside and Community Research Unit of Gloucester University and other specialist consultants exeGesIS contributed to a major contract on 'Lost Ways' research. 'Lost Ways' is... read more March 2008. Categories: Rights of Way Web map
Greenspace mapping and characterisation Client: Greenspace Scotland exeGesIS were commissioned to produce a digital map of Greenspace for East Lothian, Midlothian and Aberdeenshire County Councils. MasterMap data were classified to a standard land use classification using attributes and aerial photograph interpretation. These data were provided as a single Greenspace dataset. ... read more March 2008. Categories: Data analysis Data processing GIS Greenspace
Mountains Motorised Recreational Vehicle Project Client: Countryside Council for Wales & Local Government We collated and processed existing digital information to determine the sustainability of Motorised Recreational Vehicle routes. 'Noise' and 'tranquillity' maps were created for the Cambrian Mountains region. Several hundred kilometres of routes and roads were surveyed to record the physical robustness and condition of vehicular routes. ... read more December 2007. Categories: Data analysis Data processing Path survey Recreation Web map
Water recreation Client: Defra exeGesIS provided data collation, analysis and reporting services for a national project researching access to water-based recreation facilities across the UK. Water resource datasets were compiled and were subjected to network analysis to determine the accessibility of water resources. ... read more November 2007. Categories: Data analysis GIS Network analysis Recreation Workshop
Important plant areas in Wales Client: Plantlife International exeGesIS were contracted by Plantlife Cymru to help with the identification of computer based methods and techniques suitable for defining and mapping Important Plant Area (IPA) boundaries. We demonstrated how spatial analysis techniques can be used to define IPA boundaries and how areas of potential IPA expansion can be modelled and visualised using GIS. ... read more March 2007. Categories: Biodiversity Data analysis GIS
Develop Interactive mapping for 'Mapping European Seabed Habitats' Client: Joint Nature Conservation Committee The MESH project gathered large amounts of marine habitat data from a number of European partners. These were standardised to produce a unified seabed habitat map using the best data available for each area. We produced web mapping for this project using open source Mapserver software. ... read more March 2007. Categories: Data processing Ecology Habitat map Marine data Web map
Management plans for sites in Northern Ireland Client: National Trust exeGesIS produced a set of 20 management plans for some of Northern Ireland's top sites for the National Trust. This was done through a series of workshops with wardening staff. The final plans were handed over in CMS, giving the managers a tool to record planned activities and data collected. CMS training was also provided. ... read more March 2007. Categories: CMSi Conservation Management Planning Workshop
Production of a Local Record Centre (LRC) IT development plan Client: Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre (HBIC) The Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre Partnership wanted to mobilise biodiversity information and encourage greater participation in wildlife recording. An IT development plan was required before a full bid could be made to the Heritage Grants Programme. This involved liaising with contributors and the production of a costed plan. ... read more December 2006. Categories: Biodiversity Desk research
Topla Landscape Park Management Plan Client: Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation We facilitated a management planning workshop to prepare a CMS plan for the Topla Landscape Park. Topla is a small alpine valley in northern Slovenia and has many SAC and SPA features including beech forests, capercaillie, black grouse and pygmy owls. ... read more October 2006. Categories: CMSi Conservation Management Planning Workshop