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AI agent for ecologists

Survey Route and Coverage Planning Agent

A field route plan that covers the required habitat sample within the available time and daylight.

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Survey Route and Coverage Planning Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

A field day is short, access is limited and the target habitats are scattered, so hand-drawn routes miss patches or double back. This agent builds routes from the survey points, access points and weather windows. It checks how much of each target habitat the route covers against the sampling plan, and reroutes until the coverage meets the plan or states what is missing. It estimates drive and walk times against daylight and crew size, and drops points that cannot be reached safely. You approve the plan before the crew goes out. Edge case: points within a protected nesting period are moved or removed from the route.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueYes, continueApprovedNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN Survey trip planned 2 USES A TOOL Load points, habitat map and access constraints 3 USES A TOOL Check the weather forecast and exclude unsafe daysor areas 4 DOES Build a first route that visits required pointsefficiently 5 DOES Estimate travel, walk and sampling time againstdaylight 6 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the route fit the available time and daylight? If not: drop low-priority points or add a day andrebuild. Back to step 4. 7 DOES Calculate habitat coverage achieved against the plan 8 CHECKS THE RESULT Does coverage meet the plan for each target habitat? If not: add or swap points to cover the missing habitatand reroute. Back to step 4. 9 DOES Write the route sheet and a list of dropped points 10 YOU APPROVE Ecologist approves the plan 11 RESULT Final route plan
Read the steps as a list
  1. Survey trip planned
  2. Load points, habitat map and access constraints
  3. Check the weather forecast and exclude unsafe days or areas
  4. Build a first route that visits required points efficiently
  5. Estimate travel, walk and sampling time against daylight
  6. Does the route fit the available time and daylight?If not: drop low-priority points or add a day and rebuild. Back to step 4.
  7. Calculate habitat coverage achieved against the plan
  8. Does coverage meet the plan for each target habitat?If not: add or swap points to cover the missing habitat and reroute. Back to step 4.
  9. Write the route sheet and a list of dropped points
  10. Ecologist approves the planThe agent waits here for your OK.
  11. Final route plan

How it decides

It builds the shortest route that visits required points, then adds points until habitat coverage meets the plan, within a time limit and safety constraints.

  • Point in a restricted nesting season: remove or move it
  • Walk time over 90 minutes from the vehicle: mark as a separate trip
  • Habitat coverage under the plan by 10 percent or more: add points before adding time
  • Rain forecast over 10 mm: move access-limited points to another day

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Daylight hours and crew size
  • Coverage target by habitat
  • Walking time limit
  • Restricted periods
  • Weather limits

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • The final route plan

Hard limits

  • Never route onto land without confirmed access
  • Never ignore safety limits

It stops when

  • Done: route approved
  • Stop: no route meets coverage within limits, report the gap

Set it up

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An example run

What happensA wetland survey needed 24 points across 3 habitats in 1 day. The first route took 11 hours against 9 of daylight, so the time check failed. The agent dropped 4 low-priority points and rebuilt. Coverage then fell for reedbed, 18 percent under plan. It swapped two points and reached the plan. The ecologist approved 20 points and a second-day list.

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