Insights. For Ecologists using QGIS and other map tech.
Over the years landscape architects and ecologists have been like 2 tribes. One using CAD to design, the other using (Q)GIS for site management and spatial analysis. With Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) there is a real need to collaborate. On a technical level, this means integrating CAD designs to QGIS to create the ‘post-development’ GIS layer. However, as we shall see, there are opportunities for a deeper, more collaborative, approach to habitat design.
Are you still using a pen and paper in the field? Can’t see the point in going digital? Would you like to start using an app to collect survey data but don’t know where to start?
In this article I’m going to look at why you should seriously think about going digital, and point you in the direction of some great tools. It’s easier than you might think.
You’re an ecologist, I don’t need to tell you BNG is complex.
So, if you are an Ecologist trying to get to grips with all the mappy-data bits of BNG, here is the Maplango listicle of 7 things Ecologists often get wrong carrying out a BNG assessment using QGIS.
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Are you still using a pen and paper in the field? Can’t see the point in going digital? Would you like to start using an app to collect survey data but don’t know where to start?
In this article I’m going to look at why you should seriously think about going digital, and point you in the direction of some great tools. It’s easier than you might think.
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