Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 UK Outbreak Maps for Week of March 12

Great Britain daily maps showing the number of confirmed Foot and Mouth Disease cases within each infected area for the week commencing March 12, 2001. The data is provided by the Government Digital Service and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. The dataset consists of JPEG image files.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial progression of a historical animal disease outbreak based on the daily maps.
• Analyzing the geographic concentration of infection cases within defined areas as shown on the maps.
• Studying the timeline of the 2001 FMD epidemic in the UK based on the weekly series of maps.

Strengths

• Maps provide a visual, geospatial representation of confirmed disease cases.
• Data is sourced from a government agency (APHA), suggesting an official record.
• Focuses on a specific, significant historical outbreak week (March 12, 2001).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; map content and legend details must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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Time Range

Week commencing March 12, 2001

Freshness

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Geography

Great Britain (GB)