Chatbot for Living Wales
Enhancing environmental data access and decision making in Wales
People:
Professor Hywel Williams, Oscar Hountondji
Partners:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Aberystwyth University
Media links:
Website - Living Wales initiative
Technical approaches:
Chatbots, smart agents, LLMs; Data visualisation, dashboards, web-based applications
Challenge areas:
Technical foundations for effective environmental data use; Earth observation, remote sensing & geospatial intelligence
This project is developing a web-based chatbot that allows people to ask questions about the environment in Wales using plain language. Users can explore information on land cover, habitats, burnt areas, and flood mapping using satellite and other environmental data collected through the Living Wales programme and stored in the Welsh Data Cube (WDC).
The goal is to make complex environmental data easier to access and use for researchers, policymakers, and the wider public.
The main challenge the project addresses is that earth observation and environmental data are difficult to access and interpret without programming skills or specialist software.
The approach is to connect a large language model (LLM)-based chatbot directly to Living Wales datasets, enabling users to query the data via simple questions rather than through technical tools.
The expected outcome is improved access to environmental information, better support for environmental decision-making, and increased use of Living Wales data in policy and public engagement.
Find out more about the Chatbot for Living Wales project
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