TL;DR: Coreo’s UKHab Map Export Tool
The UKHab Map Export tool by Coreo automates the creation of professional, report-ready maps for ecologists.
Key benefits include:
- Instant Symbology: Automatically style maps by habitat, condition, or distinctiveness.
- Intelligent Legends: Dynamic legends that filter to show primary, combined codes and feature names.
- Report-Ready Outputs: High-resolution exports in landscape or portrait with integrated company branding and project metadata.
- Efficiency: Designed to reduce manual GIS desk time from hours to minutes for BNG reporting.
What is the UKHab Map Export Tool?
Coreo’s UKHab Map Export tool is a specialised GIS automation feature. It is designed to convert field-collected habitat data into professional, report-ready maps instantly, eliminating the need for manual symbology and legend building in external GIS software.
The Challenge: The “GIS Bottleneck” in Ecological Reporting
You no longer need to be a GIS expert to produce beautiful outputs. With the UKHab Map Export tool, you can customise your view with a few clicks:
- Automated Symbology: Toggle instantly between habitat, condition, or distinctiveness views.
- Smart Labelling: Include primary codes, combined codes, or feature names, with adjustable text sizes for perfect clarity.
- Clean Layouts: Keep it simple or detailed by toggling map elements like the compass.
The End of Manual Legends
One of the most tedious tasks in mapping is building a legend that matches your specific site. Coreo does this for you. Our Intelligent Legends only show what is actually visible on your map:
- Rich Detail: Includes primary codes against habitat names and full secondary code descriptions.
- Customisable: Adjust columns and text sizes to fit your report layout.
- Supporting Information: Automatically pull in your logo, project name, survey date, redline boundary areas, total polygon area and supporting notes.
Flexible Exporting
Whether you need a map for a specific page in a report or a high-res image for an appendix, we’ve got you covered. Choose between landscape or portrait orientations and decide exactly where you want your legend to sit.
Conclusion
The UKHab Map Export tool is about more than just “making a map” – it’s about streamlining your entire workflow so you can focus on the ecology, not the admin.
Find out more in our UKHab Map Export documentation.