Other GIS data processing tasks

With extensive experience in a range of simple and complex GIS data processing tasks, whatever your GIS needs, we may be able to help you out.

Catchment Management

Prioritising barrier removal or fish passage works

Identifying in-channel barriers to fish migration that, if removed, would have the greatest beneficial impact on improving longitudinal river connectivity. This Barrier Prioritisation Tool is adaptable and can be tailored to suit the needs of different geographic areas.

Used with permission from Ribble Rivers Trust

Prioritising hedgerow creation and restoration

Identifying locations where creating or restoring hedgerows are likely to interrupt overland flow paths and reduce the amount of surface runoff and sediment entering rivers. (This tool is currently undergoing development).

Used with permission from Ribble Rivers Trust

All the above analyses have been developed by Ribble Rivers Trust. They are being used to direct the efforts of the Trust to carry out habitat improvement works in the locations where they are likely to result in the greatest overall benefits.

Sediment Control (SCIMAP)

For any catchment in the UK, my.scimap.org.uk allows the modelling of the relative risk of topsoil erosion and transport by overland water flows. This enables the mapping of areas where topsoil erosion is likely to be occurring as well as the identification of locations where this soil is likely to be entering rivers. Ribble Consultancy can carry out this mapping exercise for you, and present the results in an informative manner.

It has become increasingly accepted that the most effective way to manage freshwater systems is at the catchment scale, where analytical tools and Geographic Information Systems can be of great assistance. We have dedicated GIS staff that have expertise in utilising these methods and, using a range of GIS datasets and tools, can identify priority locations within a given area where carrying out improvement works are likely to have the greatest positive environmental benefits.

 We have the capability to carry out the following landscape-scale analyses, depending on the datasets available for the geographic area of interest:

Prioritising riparian woodland creation
Identifying priority locations for the creation of new riparian woodlands, to benefit rivers by reducing the risk of high levels of:

  • Faecal matter input
  • Sediment input
  • Surface runoff input and therefore flooding
  • Watercourse temperature increases due to sun exposure

Used with permission from Ribble Rivers Trust