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As is often the case in mid-autumn, contributions to the atlas project have a tendency to slow, and this last fortnight was no different.
We had 6 submissions which contributed to the KZN Cards-to-Green project, with most movement in the south for change.
As can be seen from the table, there was one submission each in 2730, 2830 and 2930, while 3030 benefited from 3 cards.
This leaves 2830 as the degree square still n need of the most cards, at 322 and three pentads with no data and 73 pentads with only one card.
The next two degree squares needing the most cards are 2732 needing 187 and 2731, which needs 184 cards. 2732 also has the single biggest block of empty pentads, with seven located in the north-eastern part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
Tim Wood takes the honours this fortnight with 4 of the six cards, viz. the three 3030 cards as well as the one in 2930.
John Burchmore contributed the card in 2730 and Alan Taylor the one in 2830.
On the overall KZN front we had 4.2 cards submitted per day. The last time that we dipped to this level was in September to October 2012, when we experienced three successive fortnight's of 4.3, 4.9 and 3.6. At least the last two fortnight's just passed have had rates of 7.1 and 7.2 cards submitted / day.
Our records / card level is surprisingly holding up at 53.9, the last two fortnights have been 53.5 and 54.1. So while the card number have dropped, the records/card have not.
The latest KZN CTG map shows change across the whole province, again with the most movement in the south-western Zululand region.
Apologies for the gap in blog entries, but with the suspension and then change in the SABAP2 website's Gap Analysis, I have not been able to produce the tables below. I have now changed my spreadsheet to read from the CSV [data file] that this map is produced from, so hopefully no more interruptions for some time.
22 cards were submitted in the 42 days of this period with degree square 2831 benefiting the most with 9 cards, 4 of which were the second card for their pentad.
2829 and 2830 were next best with 3 cards each, while 2731 and 2832 each gained two; while 2929, 2931, 3030 all gained a single card.
2830 remains the degree square with the most need of coverage, with 323 cards needed to turn the coverage map green.
2832 now requires only 6 cards, while 2828 needs 4 to turn the KZN part green - these would all be for one pentad. (The bulk of 2828 falls in the Free State and is quite well covered, but about a third is in Lesotho and is in dire need of more cards - the bulk of these, like the remaining KZN pentad, has no coverage).
The credit table for the CTG effort features some new names (in contribution and then alphabetical order):
David Maphisa with 2 (both for what was a blank pentad);
Alan Taylor, Crystelle Wilson, Ewert Hauptfleisch and Michael Lee all with 1.
Amongst our usual suspects, John and Kim Cox contributed a massive 13 cards in the SW Zululand, while Alan Manson and Tim Wood contributed 2 each.
Looking at the overall SABAP2 stats in KZN over the last 42 days since the last report, we have had 299 cards submitted, at a daily average of 7.1, while this is slightly below the overall average of 7.6 / day for KZN, it is better than normal for autumn, when we have dropped as low as 4.1 cards/day.
The number of records/card is also being maintained at a healthy 53.6/card, which is also above normal for this time of year.
Thanks to all who have contributed to this, and to SABAP2 in general.
