Simon Dunn
Mapping and Geodata Manager
Inventory, forecasting and operational support (IFOS)
620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane,, Bristol, BS31 1DX
About Simon Dunn
Simon Dunn joined the Forestry Commission in 2006 as Mapping Officer in the Mapping & Geographic Information Unit (now Mapping & Geodata). Previously he worked for the Rural Development Service (Defra) for 5 years. He completed his BSc in Geophysics from Leicester University in 2001. In 2009 he became the Mapping & Geodata Manager for England & Wales.
What Simon does
Mapping & Geodata Manager (England)
- To manage the staff, work and resources for the Mapping & Geodata Unit for England, based at Bristol.
- To provide a quality mapping & GIS service to meet agreed targets and standards as set out in the M&G business plan and in accordance with customer requirements.
- Balance the demands of customer requests with resources available.
Other Publications
Estates Support – Maintenance of Deed Management System, Casework Mapping, Land Registration data
Grants & Regulations – Manage the service providing mapping support for grants schemes & felling licences.
Loading of new and updated datasets on the Spatial Data Repository (SDR) and mapping browsers.
Plant Health – Maintenance of a plant health inventory and publishing datasets on data.gov.uk.