Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 Daily Maps for Great Britain, Week of August 6

Great Britain daily maps showing the number of confirmed Foot and Mouth Disease cases and suspected premises within infected areas for the week commencing August 6, 2001. The data is provided by the UK Government Digital Service and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. The maps are in JPEG format.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the geographic spread of an animal disease outbreak based on daily case maps.
• Tracking the progression of confirmed and suspected FMD cases over a specific week.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of infected premises within designated areas.

Strengths

• Maps provide a daily, visual overview of the outbreak for a specific week.
• Data covers confirmed cases and suspected premises, offering two levels of detail.
• Source is a government agency (APHA), suggesting official data collection.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official veterinary reports and surveillance.

Time Range

Week commencing August 6, 2001

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Great Britain (GB)