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n D

esig

n E

nab

le

Ge

ospa

tia

l S

erv

ices

In a

dd

itio

n to

pro

vid

ing

a r

ange

of

tra

ditio

na

l m

ap

pin

g

se

rvic

es,

we

offe

r an

exte

nsiv

e c

ap

abili

ty in

vis

ua

lisa

tion

,

co

llabo

rative

spa

tial da

ta m

ana

gem

en

t a

nd

site

se

lectio

n.

In p

art

icu

lar,

we

ca

n o

ffe

r te

chn

olo

gy a

nd d

ata

an

aly

sis

skill

s t

ha

t de

live

r sig

nific

an

t effic

ien

cy s

avin

gs a

cro

ss th

e

pro

ject.

Ou

r s

kil

ls i

nc

lud

e:

•E

nvir

onm

en

tal a

nd

eco

log

ica

l co

nstr

ain

ts m

ap

pin

g,

inclu

din

g h

abita

t m

ap

pin

g;

•L

and

sca

pe

se

nsitiv

ity a

nd

co

llisio

n r

isk a

ssessm

ent

for

bir

ds;

•R

ap

id s

ite

se

lectio

n a

nd a

ssessm

en

t fo

r ro

ads a

nd

w

ind

farm

s u

sin

g G

IS

tech

no

log

y;

•P

lann

ing

, la

ndsca

pe

an

d h

erita

ge

ma

pp

ing

;•

Infr

astr

uctu

re r

oute

an

aly

sis

;

•D

em

og

raph

ic a

nd

so

cio

-eco

no

mic

im

pact a

naly

sis

and

ma

pp

ing

;•

Da

ta m

ana

gem

ent;

•S

pa

tia

l a

naly

sis

inclu

din

g r

isk a

na

lysis

;•

GIS

op

tim

isa

tio

n.

Th

ese

sp

ecific

skill

s a

re f

urt

her

su

pp

ort

ed

th

roug

h th

e

pro

vis

ion

of

a w

ide

bre

ath

an

d d

ep

th o

f re

late

d g

eospa

tial

se

rvic

es in

clu

din

g:

•R

esea

rch a

nd

co

nsu

lta

ncy;

•D

ata

ba

se d

esig

n,

de

ve

lop

men

t, d

ata

in

pu

t an

d

ma

na

gem

ent;

•S

urv

eyin

g a

nd

mo

bile

da

ta c

ap

ture

;

•D

ata

cle

an

sin

g a

nd

ma

inte

nan

ce

;•

Da

ta c

on

ve

rsio

n,

inte

gra

tio

n a

nd

in

tero

pe

rab

ility

;

•S

pa

tia

l d

ata

ana

lysis

an

d m

ode

llin

g;

•O

rth

op

ho

tog

raph

y in

terp

reta

tio

n;

•G

eo

cod

ing

;

•M

ap

pro

du

ction

.

•A

tkin

s g

eosp

atial, s

pecia

lise

s in

the

ca

ptu

re a

nd

use

of

sp

atia

l d

ata

, a

nd

in

the

desig

n a

nd

im

ple

me

nta

tion

of

geo

gra

ph

ic in

form

atio

n s

yste

ms (

GIS

).

•S

pa

tia

l d

ata

is f

und

am

en

tal to

th

e s

uccess o

f

pro

jects

rig

ht

acro

ss th

e p

riva

te a

nd

pub

lic s

ecto

rs,

un

de

rpin

nin

g a

wid

e r

an

ge

of a

ctivitie

s,

from

su

sta

ina

ble

de

ve

lop

men

t an

d c

onse

rva

tio

n,

en

vir

onm

enta

l m

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

asse

ssm

en

t, to

infr

astr

uctu

re p

lan

nin

g a

nd

im

ple

me

nta

tio

n.

•G

IS h

as t

he p

ow

er

to s

olv

e p

rob

lem

s t

hat

are

en

co

un

tere

d e

ve

ry d

ay.

Whe

the

r it is v

isua

lly

inte

rpre

tin

g im

ag

ery

ava

ilable

fro

m s

ate

llite

, o

r d

eta

iled

techn

ica

l d

ata

gath

ere

d b

y m

ob

ile G

IS f

rom

the

gro

und

, th

e k

ey t

o s

olv

ing

ma

ny o

f th

e p

roble

ms o

ur

clie

nts

’fa

ce,

lies in

un

lockin

g th

e p

ote

ntial to

tu

rn

the

se

da

ta in

to m

ea

nin

gfu

l usefu

l in

form

atio

n to

in

form

th

e d

ecis

ion

-ma

kin

g p

rocess.

•G

IS o

ffe

rs a

sin

gle

so

lutio

n t

ha

t p

erf

orm

s a

num

be

r

of

diffe

ren

t jo

bs a

t o

nce

an

d c

om

bin

es t

he

resu

lts to

turn

da

ta fro

m m

an

y s

ou

rces in

to e

ffective

, a

ctio

na

ble

in

form

atio

n.

•O

ur

se

rvic

es e

ncom

pass th

e e

ntire

data

life

cycle

.

We inte

rpre

t da

ta f

rom

ae

ria

l ph

oto

gra

ph

y,

dig

itis

e

info

rma

tio

n fro

m e

xis

tin

g m

ap

s a

nd

pla

ns a

nd c

olle

ct

da

ta in

th

e fie

ld.

We m

an

ag

e th

e d

ata

, con

duct

da

ta

pro

ce

ssin

g a

nd

in

form

ed

an

aly

sis

and

ma

p o

r m

od

el

the

da

ta fo

r vis

ua

lisa

tion

.

•Atk

ins o

ffe

rs g

eo

sp

atia

l se

rvic

es w

hic

h f

use

th

e

un

iqu

e s

kill

s o

f o

ur

ad

va

nce

d m

app

ing

sp

ecia

lists

with

tha

t o

f ou

r e

ng

ine

ers

, a

rch

ite

cts

, eco

log

ists

and

e

nvir

onm

enta

l con

sultan

ts.

Intr

od

uct

ion

Rec

ent

Pro

ject

Exp

erie

nce

Rec

ent

Pro

ject

Exp

erie

nce

Co

rk H

ab

itat

Map

pin

g &

Su

rvey P

roje

ct

Co

rk H

ab

itat

Map

pin

g &

Su

rvey P

roje

ct

Clien

t: C

ork

Co

un

ty C

ou

ncil

Atk

ins w

as c

om

mis

sio

ned

to s

urv

ey a

nd

ma

p h

abita

ts

with

in c

ou

nty

Co

rk,

a to

tal a

rea

of 6

40km

².

Da

tase

ts w

ere

de

sig

ne

d in

co

nju

nction

with

Co

rk C

ou

nty

Co

un

cil

an

d

pre

limin

ary

map

pin

g o

f ha

bita

ts u

sin

g M

ap

Info

GIS

wa

s

co

mp

lete

d u

sin

g a

eria

l p

ho

togra

ph

y,

ve

cto

r m

ap

pin

g a

nd

se

ve

ral o

the

r G

IS d

ata

se

ts.

Ad

ditio

na

l in

form

atio

n o

n h

abita

ts a

nd

no

tab

le s

pe

cie

s w

as

co

llate

d f

rom

exte

nsiv

e c

on

su

lta

tion

. T

arg

ete

d fie

ld

su

rve

ys w

ere

und

ert

aken

to

fin

alis

e h

ab

ita

t cla

ssific

atio

n

an

d th

is d

ata

wa

s in

pu

tte

d in

to a

GIS

data

se

t.

Qu

alit

y

assu

rance

an

d d

ata

an

aly

sis

wa

s c

arr

ied

ou

t an

d s

tatistics

ca

lcu

late

d.

Th

e f

ina

l o

utc

om

e o

f th

is p

roje

ct

wa

s a

deta

iled

e

colo

gic

al da

tase

t su

pp

lied

to

th

e c

lien

t in

GIS

fo

rmat.

Best

Pra

cti

ce G

uid

elin

es f

or

Hab

itat

Map

pin

g in

B

est

Pra

cti

ce G

uid

elin

es f

or

Hab

itat

Map

pin

g in

Irela

nd

.Ir

ela

nd

.C

lien

t: T

he H

eri

tag

e C

ou

ncil

Atk

ins a

re d

eve

lopin

g B

est

Pra

ctice

Guid

eline

s fo

r use

in

ha

bita

t su

rve

y a

nd

ma

ppin

g a

t th

e la

nd

sca

pe

and

site

scale

s.

Th

e G

uid

elin

es b

eg

in w

ith

an

intr

odu

ctio

n to

ma

pp

ing

, G

IS a

nd

GP

S t

he

ory

. T

he

use

of b

ase

line

ma

pp

ing

, e

xis

ting

eco

log

ical da

tase

ts,

and

no

n-d

igita

l in

form

atio

n to

pre

pa

re s

pa

tia

l b

iodiv

ers

ity d

ata

se

ts is

dis

cussed

, aft

er

wh

ich

best p

ractice

fo

r ca

rryin

g o

ut field

su

rve

ys a

nd

ca

ptu

ring

an

d r

eco

rdin

g d

ata

are

de

taile

d.

Gu

ida

nce

on

co

nstr

uctin

g G

IS b

ase

d d

ata

se

ts is p

rovid

ed,

inclu

din

g q

ualit

y a

ssu

rance

, da

ta m

ana

gem

ent,

an

d

pre

se

nta

tion

of

resu

lts.

Th

e G

uid

elin

es c

on

clu

de w

ith

a

dis

cussio

n o

n th

e a

pp

lica

tion

s o

f h

ab

ita

t su

rve

y d

ata

, in

clu

din

g s

pa

tial an

aly

sis

, m

ap p

rodu

ctio

n a

nd d

ata

pre

se

nta

tion

.

Su

gar

Lo

af

Mo

un

tain

Ass

essm

en

tS

ug

ar

Lo

af

Mo

un

tain

Ass

essm

en

tC

lien

t:W

icklo

w C

ou

nty

Co

un

cil

Atk

ins h

ave

rece

ntly c

om

ple

ted

an

assessm

en

t o

f th

e

Gre

at

and

Little

Su

ga

r Lo

af

Mo

un

tain

s in

Co

. W

icklo

w t

o

su

pp

ort

a p

rop

ose

d S

pecia

l A

me

nity A

rea

Ord

er.

T

he

asse

ssm

en

t u

sed

GIS

as a

sup

po

rt a

nd d

ecis

ion

ma

kin

g

too

l a

t diffe

ren

t sta

ges t

hro

ugho

ut

the

pro

ject.

T

he

asse

ssm

en

t co

ve

red

deskto

p a

nd

fie

ld-b

ased

su

rve

ys o

f th

e g

eo

log

y,

lan

dsca

pe

cha

racte

r, e

co

log

y a

nd

cu

ltu

ral

he

rita

ge

of

the

site.

GIS

wa

s u

sed

to

id

en

tify

co

nstr

ain

ts

wh

ich

occu

rre

d o

n s

ite

. D

ata

wa

s c

olla

ted

fro

m v

ary

ing

so

urc

es a

nd

in

pu

tte

d in

to a

GIS

fo

r an

aly

sis

. A

pre

limin

ary

ha

bita

t m

ap w

as d

igitis

ed,

base

d o

n a

na

lysis

an

d

inte

rpre

tation

of d

ata

sets

an

d u

pd

ate

d w

ith

ad

ditio

na

l

info

rma

tio

n fo

llow

ing

gro

und

tru

thin

g.

A G

IS d

ata

base

wa

s d

esig

ned t

o h

old

in

form

ation

ga

the

red

th

rou

gh

con

sulta

tio

n a

nd

to

assis

t w

ith

da

ta

an

aly

sis

. B

ase

d o

n th

e la

nd

sca

pe

an

d h

erita

ge

va

lue

of

the

site,

Co

re A

rea

an

d B

uff

er

Are

a b

ou

nd

arie

s w

ere

p

rop

osed

fo

r th

e S

pecia

l A

men

ity A

rea

. T

he

fin

al re

po

rt

wa

s illu

str

ate

d w

ith

ge

olo

gy,

lan

dsca

pe

ch

ara

cte

r, h

ab

ita

t,

an

d c

ultu

ral h

erita

ge

ma

ps w

ere

pre

pa

red

usin

g G

IS.

Oth

er

recen

t p

roje

ct

exp

eri

en

ce w

hic

h u

tilised

G

IS in

clu

des:

•A c

olli

sio

n r

isk a

sse

ssm

en

t fo

r b

irds a

t a

pro

posed

win

dfa

rm s

ite;

•Usin

g G

IS t

o p

redic

t a

reas o

f H

igh

Na

ture

Va

lue

Fa

rmla

nd in

th

e w

est o

f Ir

ela

nd

;•U

sin

g G

IS t

o a

ssis

t in

th

e d

esig

n a

nd

la

yo

ut o

f ha

bita

t

co

mp

ensa

tio

n m

ea

su

res in

Wa

terf

ord

City.

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