exeGesIS Spatial Data Management

Exegesis was contracted to redevelop GiGLs online data mapping portal. This involved a radical overhaul of both design and functionality.

The University of Nottingham commissioned Exegesis to build a website where volunteers and specialists can record place-names. These place-names can then be searched and viewed by the public in list-form and on a map. 

Working with Powys Council, we developed a new module for CAMS to allow users to manage the Register of Common Land and Village Greens. This new module makes it easy for them to fulfil their statutory duties in this area. The solution integrates GIS mapping of the Common Land and Village Green parcels with full information on the land ownership, rights holders, rights particulars and more.

When the Thames Path National Trail Association took over management of the section of the Thames Path through London, they approaches exegesis to carry out a full condition survey of this section of the Thames Path.

Exegesis were appointed by Natural England to compile a national HLC dataset, drawing together the existing sub-regional HLC datasets and applying a common framework, structure and terminology to a new unified dataset. The aim of the project is to improve the awareness, understanding and ability to manage and monitor England’s historic landscape at a national scale.

exeGesIS successfully incorporated the changes made by over 140 public path orders into the digital map layer, and linked the scanned order files to records in CAMS. This provided the client with an effective, efficient tool to help manage their rights of way.

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales commissioned Exegesis to build an accessible and bilingual website in line with the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 which required Ministers to maintain a list of historic place names in Wales.

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.

We reviewed the data management processes used by the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project to identify any problems or limitations and make recommendations. We also wrote a specification for an online Community Hub.

This survey of around 140km of public rights of way in Wrexham marks the first use of our new CAMS Mobile solution on a large structured survey.