Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 Daily Maps for Great Britain, Week of April 9

Great Britain daily maps showing the number of confirmed Foot and Mouth Disease cases within each infected area for the week commencing April 9, 2001. The maps are provided as JPEG files by the Government Digital Service and are attributed to Crown Copyright and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). The dataset appears to be a historical snapshot of the 2001 FMD outbreak.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial progression of the 2001 FMD outbreak based on daily case maps.
• Analyzing disease cluster intensity within infected areas based on the map data.
• Creating timelines of the epidemic's geographic spread for historical comparison.

Strengths

• Provides a daily, geospatial view of a major historical animal disease outbreak.
• Originates from an official government source (Government Digital Service, APHA).
• Focuses on a specific, well-documented week (commencing April 9, 2001).

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 and file sizes are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely produced by government agencies for disease monitoring and public communication.

Time Range

Week commencing April 9, 2001.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Great Britain (GB).