Tree Health Aerial Survey GB 2013 was a helicopter-based survey conducted by the Forestry Commission. Flights were used to identify suspicious larch requiring inspection, target specific tree health issues, and observe national woodland health. The dataset has been retired as it is no longer current, with its last update on September 30, 2013.
Use Cases
- Monitoring compliance with Statutory Plant Health Notices based on aerial observations
- Identifying areas of suspicious larch for ground inspection based on aerial survey data
- Observing national tree and forest health trends based on helicopter survey flights
Strengths
- Data was collected via helicopter flights, providing a direct observational method.
- The survey was conducted by the Forestry Commission, a government authority.
Limitations
- The dataset has been retired and is no longer current.
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Forestry Commission
- Collection Method
- Helicopter flights for aerial observation.
- Time Range
- 2013
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Great Britain