The ALA and Big Data for Biodiversity
On Wednesday 9 December, Chris Roach and I attended a webinar hosted by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), celebrating... Continue reading →
Recap on the Territory NRM conference
This is a recap of the Territory NRM conference I went along to on the 17-19 November – but I... Continue reading →
A day with the open source spatial community
Gaia Resources was proud to be involved last week with the Perth Hub of the virtual FOSS4G SoTM Oceania 2020... Continue reading →
Living up to our name
In the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, we have taken two big steps forward in line with our strategy... Continue reading →
Preview of the Territory NRM Conference 2020
The Territory NRM 2020 conference will be kicking off in Darwin on 17 November, and Chris will be teaming up with Rohan... Continue reading →
Transforming Queensland State Archives
For the last two years, we have been quietly working (along with our consortium partners from Hudson Molonglo and Recordkeeping... Continue reading →
TDWG 2020 Conference – avenues into integration
The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual conference was, like so many others, an online-only experience. With an audience of uber-nerds... Continue reading →
Small Museums Conference 2020
This past Friday and Saturday, I was thrilled to attend the Small Museums Conference, hosted at the Historic Ormiston House.... Continue reading →
Twenty Years of Descriptive Data
As part of his ongoing series of retrospectives on the development of significant biodiversity data sets in Western Australia, Alex... Continue reading →
Fire mapping QGIS plugin
Within my first two weeks of moving to Darwin, Rohan Fisher from the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research invited me... Continue reading →
Evidence-based planning for resilient World Heritage Areas
Yesterday I attended an online event discussing planning for resilient World Heritage Areas, focussing on case studies in the Gondwanan... Continue reading →
Dieback Conference 2020
On Friday 11th September 2020 Piers and I attended the Dieback Information Group Conference and South Coast NRM Dieback Information... Continue reading →
Supporting Emergency Services
Regular readers of our posts will already know of Gaia Resources involvement in the development of the Essential Services Volunteers... Continue reading →
The rise of Webinars
We’ve talked in previous blogs about adapting working arrangements in the face of these really challenging times, but I’m not sure... Continue reading →
Archives and RetroMaps
I attended a recent presentation organised by the National Archives of Australia (NAA) at their Perth offices in Northbridge, entitled... Continue reading →
Marine Parks WA app gets an uplift
With the support and collaboration of Parks Australia‘s Australian Marine Parks team and Rachel Hutton at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation... Continue reading →
Biodiversity Information Standards 2020 Virtual Conference
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is a not-for-profit, scientific and educational association formed to establish international collaboration among the creators, managers... Continue reading →
Latest on the Essential Service Volunteers App
You may have read about Gaia Resources involvement in the development of the Essential Services Volunteers app previously this year.... Continue reading →
Drones for Wildlife
Over the last couple of years, Gaia Resources developed a desktop app for the team at Wildlife Drones to act... Continue reading →
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Data Science Upskilling Bootcamp
A new and interesting trend is emerging as teachers from all over the world embrace virtual training. It opens many... Continue reading →