Did You Know: Demystifying the Data Exchange

Did You Know: Demystifying the Data Exchange

What is the GiGL data exchange? Curating the GiGL database is a continuous process. We receive new wildlife data from recorders across London, new site surveys occur and result in updated habitat data or new sites designations, and we’re continually working with our...
Did You Know: What is a Data Use Licence?

Did You Know: What is a Data Use Licence?

Emma Knowles, GiGL Partnership Officer What is a Data Use Licence? A Data Use Licence sets out the terms and conditions that apply to use of specified data and provides evidence that data recipients agree to these terms. Individuals and organisations who generate and...
Book Review: “The London Garden Book A-Z” by Abigail Willis

Book Review: “The London Garden Book A-Z” by Abigail Willis

Emma Knowles, GiGL Partnership Officer This book is, more or less, what it says on the cover, an A to Z of London’s Gardens, but with various quirks. As well as listing the gardens that you would expect to find – the sort that would appear as individual sites in our...
Did you know: Areas of Deficiency (AoD)

Did you know: Areas of Deficiency (AoD)

Emma Knowles, GiGL Partnership Officer What is AoD? Areas of Deficiency (AoD) are areas outside of a specified walking distance from open spaces that meet particular criteria. GiGL have two AoD datasets: Areas of Deficiency in Access to Nature and Areas of Deficiency...
Mapping London’s Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land

Mapping London’s Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land

Emma Knowles, GiGL Partnership Officer  CPRE London have recently published a report on London’s Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land (MOL), for which GiGL provided our expertise, including data analysis, visualisations and maps. The report aims to...