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I’ve spoken to Ecologists (QGIS users) and Landscape architects (CAD users) and here’s how to improve collaboration and make Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Assessments quicker and easier.

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.

Why Ecologists should stop using paper maps and try one of these tools for field surveys with QGIS

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.

7 things Ecologists get wrong carrying out a Biodiversity Net Gain assessment in QGIS

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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    I’ve spent a decade helping Ecology Consultancies make mapping workflows Accurate, Efficient & Standardised. Here’s how you do it, in time for next field season. PART 1 (of 4).

    I’ve been working freelance, as Maplango, for a decade now. In that time I’ve worked with 100+ companies, and trained 1000+ ecologists. In this 4-part article, I’m going to share with you the process I use to make client mapping & survey workflows more accurate, efficient, standardised, and consistent. Hopefully it’ll help guide your thinking, provide a structure, or at least stimulate some ideas.

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    Matt Davies
    I’ve spoken to Ecologists (QGIS users) and Landscape architects (CAD users) and here’s how to improve collaboration and make Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Assessments quicker and easier.

    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.

    Read More
    Matt DaviesCAD, QGIS, DXF, BNG, Biodiversity Net Gain
    Why Ecologists should stop using paper maps and try one of these tools for field surveys with QGIS

    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.

    Read More
    Matt DaviesMaplangofield survey apps, data entry forms, Coreo, Fulcrum, Qfield