Products
Designed and developed by Eco-index, our digital products are the engine behind our impact — and they’re available to support your mahi too.
We’ve developed a suite of self-service digital products that put critical data and interdisciplinary science at your fingertips. Use them to enhance your in-house analysis, or let our data scientists apply them to your area of interest and deliver tailored insights in a clear, actionable report.
Options include:
Purchase products off the shelf
Purchase a licence for annual access
Work with our Data Scientists to build in custom product features that meet your needs
Empowering you to:
Make faster, smarter decisions for nature, climate, and community.
Current Product Range
Navigator & Navigator X
Sophisticated mapping tools that empower you to find the best bang-for-buck locations to undertake ecosystem reconstruction, based on your own priorities.
Use it for: nature investment/restoration planning, funding application assessments, catchment collaboration.
Available as: GIS layers and/or online mapping tool, summary metrics report
Pricing:
Navigator: $20k base cost + area fee
Navigator X: $23k base cost + area fee + web hosting
Free & open: Navigator X for Waitaha/Canterbury
More detail: Digital Product Guide (Pg 12)
Full detail: Product Deep Dive (Pg 9)
Land Cover Snapshot
Mapping of Mature Ecosystems, Regenerating Ecosystems, Reconstruction Opportunity & Built-up or Transport Areas (as of 2018)
Use it for: understanding catchment-scale ecosystem patterns and opportunities for ecosystem reconstruction, biodiversity-baselining and collaborative planning.
Available as: GIS layer & summary metrics report
Pricing: $5k base cost + area fee
More detail: Digital Product Guide (Pg 7)
Full detail: Product Deep Dive (Pg 5)
Ecosystem Services Valuer
Monetary valuation of 40+ ecosystem services for each different ecosystem in Aotearoa NZ, based on international approaches. Understand the value provided by either existing or potential native ecosystems.
Use it for: understanding and communicating the value of nature, cost:benefit analyses.
Available as: GIS layers & summary metrics report
Pricing: $10k base cost + area fee
More detail: Digital Product Guide (Pg 17)
Full detail: Product Deep Dive (Pg 22)
Ecosystem Projector
Mapping of what Aotearoa New Zealand would look like without human-induced land modification.
Use it for: understanding which native ecosystems could be suitable for reconstruction in your area of interest.
Available as: GIS layer & summary metrics report
This is accessible as free Digital Public Good via:
More detail: Digital Product Guide (Pg 9)
Full detail: Product Deep Dive (Pg 7)
Observer
Cutting-edge AI-driven remote ecosystem detection. Currently available for on-demand native forest detection. New AI models under development for wetlands and native plantings - watch this space!
Use it for: monitoring, reporting and verifying your native ecosystem cover.
Available as: GIS layers & summary metric report
Pricing: $15k base cost + area fee
To discuss how Observer can help achieve your monitoring, reporting and verification goals please enquire here.
For Observer methodology see our GitHub repository.
Reconstruction & Maintenance Costings
Costings for planting, fencing, early plant care, fence maintenance & non-native plant and animal control - mapped for each different ecosystem type.
Use it for: estimating project costs, cost:benefit analyses.
Available as: GIS layers & summary metric report
Pricing:
Reconstruction cost layer:
$5k base cost + area fee
Maintenance cost layer:
$5k base cost + area fee
More detail: Digital Product Guide (Pg 18)
Full detail: Product Deep Dive (Pg 28)