Oak Processionary Moth project support
Posted 2025-06-04 11:25:56 by Julia
GeoData has supported the FC Plant Health team monitor and manage data about sites infested with, or suspected to be infested with, OPM, including:
- Development of MS Access databases for infested and non-infested sites, surveys, treatment programmes and SPHNs.
- Creation of mobile ‘app’ and online forms for surveyors and treatment contactors on mobile devices using DoForms and ESRI field apps. Includes forms for nest, pheromone trapping, defoliation and Observatree surveys.
- Documentation, training and support.
- Online maps showing nest survey data, pheromone trap location and monitoring, defoliation and PZ survey results for the OPM Team, and for the general public for the OPM Resource Hub,
- Implementation of dashboards to show progress of activity.
- Creation of SPHNs, contractor job sheets, survey lists and associated maps.
- Data analysis and quality assurance. Metadata creation.
- Scenario development for pest free area status, core zone extent and treatment programme.
- Development of batch procedures for site map creation.
- Provision of data and maps to stakeholders
- Support to FC contracted surveyors and treatment contractors
- Project management, risk assessment and quality assurance, meetings and workshops, presentations, reports and academic papers.
Client: Forestry Commission (2012 – 2025)