2011 wrapped up…
2011 has been another rollercoaster of a ride for us all here at Gaia Resources. If I had to pick... Continue reading →
About Piers Higgs
Piers is the founder and Director of Gaia Resources, and has worked with the environmental industry for most of his career, and has a range of experience in GIS, ecology and data management.
Behind the scenes: Testing the BDRS
Over the last week or so, a team of us in the office have been testing and bug fixing the... Continue reading →
OZRI Wrap Up
Last week, Andrew and I went to the OZRI Conference in Melbourne to catch up on the latest in the... Continue reading →
What does gaming have to do with Environmental technology?
Some people already know that I happily call myself a gamer. A few people think that’s weird, but after my... Continue reading →
2011 Night Stalk
Over the past month or so, we’ve been working on the Perth Zoo Tiwest Night Stalk implementation of the Biological... Continue reading →
Birds Australia (WA) GPS Training
Over the last two days, we’ve headed down to the Birds Australia (WA) offices in Bold Park, and run some... Continue reading →
The DIDMs launch road trip
On Monday and Tuesday, AJ, Piers and I went to Albany for the launch of the Dieback Information Delivery and... Continue reading →
Another milestone…
Over the last seven years, Gaia Resources has grown from a small table in my lounge room through to a... Continue reading →
ISDE7, WALIS and the State NRM Conference
This week most of the Spatial team at Gaia Resources went to the jointly titled ISDE7, WALIS and State NRM... Continue reading →
Field testing – Take 3
We went out again today for a third field test of the mobile components of the Biological Data Recording System... Continue reading →
On QR Codes
AJ and I are just back from Canberra, where a recurring theme of the trip was about bar codes, and... Continue reading →
Conference silly season
After Friday, I realised I needed to start planning for the conference silly season in November, at first to see... Continue reading →
WASEA 2011
On Friday night I received a very unexpected honour, and was presented with the award for the Western Australian Spatial... Continue reading →
Dieback management in Western Australia
On Friday I gave a talk and demonstration of the Dieback Information Delivery and Management System (which has the best... Continue reading →
WASSIC Crowdsourcing Talk
So, today I presented another version of the Crowdsourcing talk I gave back at the WALIS meeting (and again at... Continue reading →
Field Testing – Take 2
We went out again last Friday for another field test of the mobile components of the Citizen Science software we’re... Continue reading →
WALIS Crowdsourcing Talk
I’ve just got back from the WALIS Crowdsourcing event, where I gave a presentation on Crowdsourcing and what it has... Continue reading →
AQWA Trip
On Friday we left the office early and headed up to Hillarys Boat Harbour for Mel’s (sort of) farewell bash.... Continue reading →
Field testing – Take 1
On Friday afternoon, AJ, Benny, Aaron, Timo and myself went for a wander around Lake Monger so that I could... Continue reading →
Do you know what biosecurity means?
Today I attended a workshop entitled “Futures Workshop – Engaging the Community in Plant Biosecurity”, run by the Australian Bureau... Continue reading →
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