Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 Outbreak Maps for Great Britain, Week of July 2

Daily maps from the week commencing July 2, 2001, showing the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease in Great Britain. The collection includes counts of confirmed cases and suspected premises within infected areas. The maps were produced by the UK Government's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and are Crown Copyright.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial progression of a major agricultural disease outbreak based on the daily maps.
• Analyzing the correlation between confirmed cases and suspected premises within defined infected areas.
• Studying the historical impact and geographic spread of the 2001 FMD epidemic in Great Britain.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, significant historical outbreak event (2001 FMD epidemic).
• Provides visual geospatial data (maps) for daily disease spread analysis.
• Includes two key epidemiological metrics: confirmed cases and suspected premises.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government

Collection Method

Likely produced by government veterinary and cartographic services during the outbreak response.

Time Range

Week commencing July 2, 2001

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Great Britain (GB)