Using the latest in mobile GIS, habitats can be mapped faster and more accurately than has ever been possible. Habitat mapping is carried out in accordance with ‘Fossitt’s Guide to Habitats in Ireland’.

OPENFIELD uses a Trimble GeoXM hand-held computer with integrated GPS (accuracy 1-3m) that is loaded with ArcPad software (a modified version of ArcView).

The use of GIS not only allows the impact of a development to be viewed graphically, but it is essential for quantifying impacts where land use changes are predicted.


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