Highland HER Online Client: The Highland Council exeGesIS was commissioned by The Highland Council to migrate their existing Historic Environment Record (HER) systems into our HBSMR application platform. With an area the size of a small country, a key part of this work was to publish the HER online, to make it more accessible to Highland residents and heritage professionals. ... read more July 2012. Categories: Archaeology Database Desktop application GIS HBSMR Heritage Historic Environment Record Web map Web site
Creating a provisional wood-pasture and parkland inventory for England Client: Natural England Over a series of projects exeGesIS created a spatial inventory of wood pasture and parkland in England. Data were assessed against historic maps and aerial photography, as well as modern data sources. Ground truthing was undertaken in two regions. The resulting inventory mapped 156,838 ha of wood-pasture and parkland. ... read more March 2012. Categories: Biodiversity Data analysis Data processing Ecology GIS Habitat inventory Spatial data capture
Feasibility study for the development of a Connectivity Assessment Tool for Kent and Nord-Pas de Calais Client: Kent County Council exeGesIS were contracted to undertake a feasibility study on the development of a tool to assess functional ecological connectivity. This involved an assessment of user needs, a review of the available methods and approaches, a stakeholder workshop to identify the preferred options and the development of a functional specification. ... read more November 2011. Categories: Desk research Ecology GIS Habitat connectivity Workshop
Habitat and land use GIS tool Client: Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre (HBIC) The purpose of the habitat and land-use toolkit was to maintain and update a GIS habitat layer and associated attributes in a relational database. The tool manages the link between the GIS and database, ensuring that any changes to the features or the attributes are reflected in all data. ... read more August 2011. Categories: Bespoke GIS tool Biodiversity Database Desktop application GIS
Carmarthenshire Greenspace analysis Client: Carmarthenshire County Council exeGesIS undertook an analysis of Greenspace and Public Open Space in Carmarthenshire for 21 major and 51 minor settlements to determine the percentage of the population in each settlement which passed set criteria. The results were reviewed by local authority staff via a website, allowing comments to be left and read by others. ... read more August 2010. Categories: Consultation Data analysis Data processing GIS Greenspace Rights of Way Survey Web site
Flintshire Rights of Way Network Digitisation Client: Flintshire County Council Flintshire County Council recruited exeGesIS to update their digital definitive map. The scenario was that the digital Definitive map hadn’t been updated for several years, while in that time a number of Legal Orders had come into force that changed the network, meaning their digital definitive map was out of date and inaccurate. ... read more July 2010. Categories: CAMS Countryside access Data analysis GIS Rights of Way
Marine intertidal habitat review and assessment Client: Countryside Council for Wales exeGesIS analysed Marine Intertidal Phase 1 data for the whole of Wales using the standard CCW Conservation Assessment Protocol and a bespoke database application in Microsoft Access. This application reads and analysis the original survey data to produce reports containing the results, measured against SSSI selection criteria. ... read more February 2010. Categories: Data analysis Database Desktop application Ecology GIS Marine data
Heads of the Valleys Greenspace Provision Analysis Client: A consortium of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Councils Over several years exeGesIS undertook a number of analyses of Greenspace provision, comparing the results against the standards in the CCW Greenspace Toolkit. Analysis was undertaken to determine the distance between each postcode and the nearest access point on the nearest Greenspace. ... read more October 2009. Categories: Data analysis Data processing GIS Greenspace Network analysis Rights of Way
Scoping Study and Pilot Survey of Upland Habitats Client: National Parks and Wildlife Service This project involved the collation and evaluation of a suite of ecological datasets, the production of an indicative map of upland habitats, an investigation of upland field data collection options, and capturing all survey data to GIS. ... read more September 2009. Categories: Data analysis Data processing Desktop application Ecology GIS Habitat map Habitat survey In-field technology Spatial data capture
RCT Rights of Way Definitive Map Update Client: Rhondda Cynnon Taf County Borough Council Various datasets relating to the rights of way management in Rhondda Cynnon Taf had fallen out of date, and exeGesIS was asked to assist Rhondda Cynnon Taf County Borough Council with the task of updating and correcting this information, using data from multiple sources to do so. ... read more July 2009. Categories: CAMS Data analysis Data processing GIS Network analysis Rights of Way Statistical analysis