This involved reviewing three systems – the specimen management system HOLTZE, the Vegetation Site Database and the Flora NT external website – to develop an understanding of the current state.  Through workshops and interviews a baseline of the system capacity was established, as well as the strategic imperatives for the future of the systems.  This project also included considerable review of data types and data standards within these systems.

Once this was determined, an evaluation of the options for moving these systems forward was developed, that was undertaken against a robust evaluation framework, developed from the baseline.

Through an interactive process, the roadmap was then developed in conjunction with the key NT government decision making staff, so that a clear path towards the future state could be developed collaboratively.

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The systems that were developed as part of this work includes:

• Data Submission – a means to deliver data into the BIO systems, which includes a data submission form that enables data providers to map their data to data standards, 
• Data Curation and Storage – the main engine of the BIO systems, this is where data is received, stored and actively curated by the BIO team members, 
• Data Delivery – delivering the key system for the interface with the BIO data, which was designed with Liquid Interactive, and
• Taxonomic Names Management – a separate system (Nomos) was developed to assist the WA taxonomic names regulators in managing taxonomic names.

This project implemented the designs and plans that were created in the previous project, and has delivered an innovative and robust biodiversity repository for Western Australia.

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A consultant from Gaia Resources reviewed the structure of Carbon Neutral’s spatial data and general operational procedures around spatial work. After a few interviews required to recognise the current state of the GIS environment, a series of recommendations were made regarding spatial data management and folder structure, an approach to integrating historic spatial data into this structure and best practices to keep a healthy system. 

Gaia Resources was also engaged in the development of map templates for QGIS use and the creation of a QGIS project including a series of datasets relevant for Carbon Neutral’s work process. These datasets were connected as Web Map Services (WMS) and contain topological, water, soil and vegetation data, amongst many others. 

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• A Gap Analysis Report – reviewing the work done to date, and documenting the current state of BIO, 
• An Information Architecture Report – determining the future state for the data workflows and management for BIO, 
• A Technical Architecture Report – determining the future state of the technology that could be utilised to deliver the systems for BIO, and
• A Work Packages Report – creating a roadmap for the BIO team to use to move from the current to the future state, and to determine how best to deliver these components.

This project delivered a number of additional benefits for the BIO team, including providing support for the existing staff, advice on a range of topics and was delivered on time and budget.

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As a small business that specialises in consulting to other organisations, Gavin Jackson CRM has to have a system that supports their workflows, has minimal establishment and ongoing costs, and delivers a high degree of value, so that they can remain competitive and lead the way in their field.

Our approach was to work with the team to understand their business before we then provided a fully costed approach to the development of a new system for their field data collection, data management and reporting.  The system is now being implemented, using open source technologies wherever possible to reduce the ongoing costs for the company.

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A final “roadmap” report was provided to help the Office to work through these challenges, and to give them additional guidance to work through the challenges that they were facing – while capitalising on the opportunities that this also presented.

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Two subsequent phases of work from late 2018 – 2019 have focused on improvements in real-time data display of the drone position and radio tags, offline base-map useability and back-end data processing.

Wildlife Drones have presented their integrated solution to conferences around Australia, and have a growing client base where our desktop app is a critical solution component contributing to important wildlife conservation efforts and research.

More information about this project and about our client Wildlife Drones can be found on our blogs.

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Read more about our work in this space from our ground disturbance and environmental compliance blogs (here, here and here).

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Read more about our work in this project in our blogs here and here

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For more information on this project, have a look at this blog article or watch our instructional video.

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