Post-Intervention – What’s Next?
The current post-intervention tool is phase 1 of what will be a growing tool set for post-intervention work. Now that the foundation of the tool is in place we’ll begin to add more features to it over time. In this article we’ll briefly summarise some of the features we are exploring already. We will also be looking for more feedback and suggestions from users. If you have a feature or tool you feel would make a good addition to the post-intervention tool then please let us know using the link below:
Native Georeferencing Tool
Currently the post-intervention tool only supports the addition of site plans if they are georeferenced prior to import and in GeoTIFF format (or in shapefile if you want to import geometries directly). We are considering adding a native tool into Coreo which will allow you to import images of siteplans (ideally in different formats) and to georeference them within Coreo to then use in your post-intervention plan.
Condition Assessments Calculator
Only the overall condition of baseline habitats is pulled over into the post-intervention tool at the moment. In future the full condition assessments for baseline habitats will be available to view in the tool. In addition we would like to add a condition assessment-calculator to facilitate experimentation in different scenarios on how to achieve uplift.
Blue Line Boundaries
There is currently no facility within the tool to support the use of offsite units occupying the same site but that lie outside the red line boundary. We are considering adding the ability to import blueline boundaries and to include features within the blue line into the BNG calculations for your plans.
Offsite Unit Calculator
The post-intervention tool does not currently support including offsite units to achieve BNG for your sites. We hope to add a habitat and unit calculator to help you make informed decisions when it comes to offsite units.
Additional ways to Bulk add Baseline Features
Whilst you can copy across your entire baseline or add individual baseline features into your post-intervention plan there are certain features that need to be retained in almost all cases. We intend to implement a feature to allow you to add all of these features to your plan easily alongside the current approach. These will be:
- Add all irreplaceable habitats: This will add all features that have been assigned an irreplaceable habitat.
Improved Shapefile Import
Importing features into your plan via shapefile currently only imports geometries. We hope to support the mapping of external attributes such as habitat type and condition to the post intervention plan features
External Baseline Import
Currently a fully completed Coreo baseline is required in order to create post-intervention plans. We intend to support the import of baselines created externally. We are still scoping out this feature but our intention is to allow for the import of baseline data via UKHab combined code and associated Natural England condition assessments spreadsheet. In addition we plan for this feature to be available in the baseline page of Coreo as well.
Project Sharing
We’re looking into returning read-only project sharing, both for your baselines and post-intervention plans. This would provide the ability to share links of your project with stakeholders for them to view and interact with, without the risk of change to or loss of data. We are currently exploring the specific use cases for this feature and would be interested in hearing your feedback
Autosaving
Post-intervention plans currently require manual saving. We intend to add an autosave feature to make working with the post-intervention tool more efficient.
Additional Geometry Tools
We are looking at adding additional tools to help with adding features to your plans these will include:
- Shape Templates: This will enable you to add preset shapes to your plan such as rectangles and curves which you can then edit as you would any polygon.
- Rotate Geometry: This will allow you to rotate features as you add them and existing features.
- Duplicate Geometry: You will be able to duplicate features that can then be moved and adjusted as normal
- Merge Features: You will be able to take two separate features and merge them into one. Where there are conflicts in habitat etc you will be able to choose which is the winner for the combined feature
Combining habitats in the metric
We are examining the option to combine records with similar habitats into one row within the Metric Calculation workbook.
Buffering
We are looking into the functionality to both buffer out from line-strings to create areas of biodiversity around hedges and lines of trees, and also visually buffer out from the redline boundary to incorporate watercourses within 10 metres into the unit calculations.