Gower hedgerow mapping Client: City and County of Swansea Council We created a hedgerow map for the Gower based upon Ordnance Survey MasterMap and aerial photograph interpretation. The resulting dataset contained 22,370 features of which 17,013 were thought to be hedges. ... read more January 2017. Categories: Biodiversity Ecology GIS Habitat inventory Habitat map Spatial data capture
Wood-pasture and parkland data analysis Client: Natural England We demonstrated through spatial processing and statistical analysis that it may be possible to predict wood pasture and parkland quality. This project generated a model that could be used to target survey effort to those sites with the highest predicted quality. ... read more April 2016. Categories: Biodiversity Data analysis Data processing Desk research Ecology GIS Invertebrate survey Statistical analysis
QGIS Suitability Assessment Client: JNCC JNCC contracted Exegesis to undertake a review comparing the functionality available in ArcGIS with that in QGIS. Nearly 1,000 items of functionality were reviewed to ascertain whether they occurred in QGIS. We also assessed the required changes to JNCC’s IT infrastructure in order to implement QGIS, as well as the associated costs. ... read more April 2016. Categories: Desk research GIS
Wales Active Travel project Client: Welsh Government The Wales Active Travel Act required Local Authorities (LAs) to produce a route map of existing safe footpaths and cycle-ways for their designated areas. Data would then become part of the national Active Travel map for Wales focusing resources on linking residential areas with schools, town centres, leisure locations and other walking and cycling destinations. Exegesis staff were tasked with providing a cost-effective web-mapping solution to enable the collation and management of this information. ... read more October 2015. Categories: Data processing GIS Spatial data capture Web map Web site
UKDMOS Archive Importer and Database Client: JNCC This desktop application imports archives from the UKDMOS database into SQL Server and converts the spatial data into SQL geometry layers. It creates layers that can be used by JNCC when assessing the extent of UK marine monitoring according to each broad marine discipline (e.g. biodiversity, physical oceanography and fisheries). ... read more October 2015. Categories: Biodiversity Data processing Data translation Database Desktop application GIS Marine data
Faculty Application System and Church Heritage Record Client: Church of England The Archbishops’ Council Faculty Simplification Group commissioned a working party to make recommendations for modernising and streamlining the faculty system. As part of this endeavour, ChurchCare - the Church of England's national resource - together with Exegesis, developed the Church Heritage Record and Online Faculty System. ... read more January 2015. Categories: Database GIS HBSMR Heritage Historic Environment Record Listed Buildings Web map Web site
Production of a provisional inventory of Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land in England Client: Natural England Exegesis were contracted to create and refine a complete provisional inventory of Open Mosaic Habitat (OMH) in England. We used a combination of available data sources and aerial photograph interpretation to accurately map possible OMH, also capturing information on the confidence that OMH was present. ... read more December 2014. Categories: Biodiversity Brownfield Ecology GIS Habitat inventory Spatial data capture
Marine Data & GI Specialist Advice Framework Client: Natural England Exegesis quickly and efficiently standardised existing polygon data to MESH Translated Habitat DEF using a range of tools within ArcGIS, QGIS, GRASS and MapInfo. We also imported survey data into Marine Recorder following expert analysis of the data to determine biotopes. ... read more December 2014. Categories: Biodiversity Data processing Data translation Ecology GIS Marine data
Common cord-grass Spartina anglica and its management in estuarine Natura 2000 sites Client: Natural England Exegesis were contracted to undertake a review of Spartina anglica in England’s Natura 2000 Sites. This covered its impacts on designated features, effects on accretion and erosion, distribution and extent, and a review of control techniques. A protocol was developed to monitor S. anglica and help identify any negative impact. ... read more October 2014. Categories: Data analysis Desk research Ecology GIS Habitat map Habitat survey Invasive species Literature review Marine data Survey methodology development
Understanding the impact of invasive non-native species on protected sites Client: Natural England exeGesIS were contracted to investigate the distribution of non-native species on protected sites in England, to help develop a programme of work to tackle Invasive Non-Native Species. Large scale data analysis was used to determine which protected site each species occurred within. We also reviewed data flow within Natural England. ... read more August 2014. Categories: Biodiversity Data analysis Data processing Data translation Ecology GIS Invasive species