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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The app reflects the powerful data products available from the NAFI website that are already used extensively across projects and programs in the north of Australia to monitor savanna burning programs and bushfires.  Fire scars are displayed representing remotely sensed burnt areas coloured by the month of the fire, as are thermal hotspots detected from an array of satellites. These data layers are presented in an intuitive mapping interface with a small selection of base maps, location and compass direction functionality.  Hundreds of thousands of hotspots are rendered seamlessly using a heatmap algorithm, and the app works both in real time and has offline capabilities, so that it can work even when you are out in the field.

This app brings the most used fire information resource for land managers in Australia to your phone, allowing you to keep a constant eye on bushfire threats. As a pastoralist, grazier, indigenous ranger, conservation scientist or member of the public, you can view maps of recent fire activity (hotspots) and burnt areas (fire scars) provided by the North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI) service.

You can read more about the launch of the app in our blog here.

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The Collection Online platform launched in November 2021 after extensive development and beta-testing by the Gallery community, has also been realised to make artworks, images and content more easily discoverable and accessible to audiences everywhere. QAGOMA’s Collection Online now consists of over 100 000 pages, including more than 20 000 object pages, with weekly releases of new content and monthly releases of additional features, including digital stories, behind-the-scenes content, artist videos and high-resolution imagery. 

Since its launch, visitor access to the Collection has increased fivefold.  This project continues to be a project we are involved in and we continue to support the QAGOMA team, helping them to develop their expertise in this area.

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Due to each map containing large spaces of blank edges the idea was to use multiple spatial processes to compress, clip, and tile thousands of highly detailed maps into one usable product on the web.

Users are now able to interact with these maps here and have the ability to search for an address, zoom/pan into highly detailed levels, and click an area to download the full map (either as a JPEG or GeoTIFF).

You can read more detail about project delivery in the accompanying blog.

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The internal Archival Management System (ArchivesSpace) went live at the end of June 2020, along with a new public interface for searching the archives (ArchivesSearch), and a new system to support Queensland agencies (ArchivesGateway).  While some of these systems are restricted access (ArchivesGateway and ArchivesSpace), ArchivesSpace can be directly accessed by the public.

Gaia Resources continues to maintain a presence in supporting the operational side of these systems through an ongoing support contract, whereby we provide support, maintenance, enhancements and an evergreening service to keep the systems up to date.

You can read more about this project in our announcement blog.

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This allows for users to automatically track the duration, location and type of work volunteers undertake, an ID card service to show they’re an approved member of a legitimate volunteer essential service and be provided discounts. It also allowed support for the Brigade Captains and Local Government officers to obtain statistics around the volunteering efforts of their Brigade.

In the midst of this build was the spread of CoVid-19. This new situation, with all of Gaia Resources staff working from home did not impact the delivery and the App was delivered as required.

The mobile app was written for both the Android and iOS operating systems; with infrastructure mounted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). A Django backend was created to house the submitted data and a web frontend to allow senior Brigade staff to add, retrieve and edit data as required. You can read more about our partnership with AWS in this case study.

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The program is managed by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) and is delivered in partnership with seven regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) groups. The program currently has almost 2000 properties across Western Australia.

We developed a web-based spatial system to manage information about the existing LFW properties and new applicants to the program. The system allows DBCA and regional NRM officers to view and edit the data in an integrated system, with all officers able to see updates in real-time. This makes collaboration much easier, both within each group and across all eight organisations. It also saves officer time (previously information was stored across multiple formats and systems) allowing officers to focus on the landholders and wildlife conservation.

The system is based on GRID, which was originally developed for South West Catchments Council and is currently in use in seven NRM groups, and two other whole-of-state programs (State NRM and the Dieback Information Delivery and Management System).

For LFW we worked closely with DBCA, Peel-Harvey Catchment Council (PHCC) and the other regional NRM groups to tailor this version of GRID to suit the workflow and partnership-based delivery of the LFW program. This work was completed as part of a State NRM Program funded project, managed by the PHCC and DBCA.

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For YMAC the maps produced and analyses are used in native title and heritage protection projects, and leverage a range of corporate data layers sourced from government agencies and internal business units. YMAC have made the decision to move to the latest version of QGIS (LTR 3.10) which includes a significant set of functional improvements, and needed assistance to ensure that key time-saving tools and plug-ins from the older version would be available and functional following the transition.

You can also have a look at our blog for more information about this project.

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Read more about the project via our blog.

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The design allowed for multiple projects to be available via a single app login so that volunteers could choose to participate in any project. Each project had an independent data schema and the app would check in to the schema server on startup to ensure the latest schema was in use. This saved users from having to update the app in some circumstances when schema changes were made.

All projects allowed for ad hoc observations of the target taxa to be recorded. The Flying-foxes also provided for foraging species to be noted from a controlled list, and a ‘map view’ of all project records to date. Frogs and Beneficial Insects additionally provided a timed survey component that required additional training to be taken online in order for that functionality to be unlocked for each trained user.

Images and recordings associated with each record were also able to be uploaded, to aid the researchers in validating the identity of the taxon being observed, via the curation component in the backend.

Importantly, additional projects can be added to the app over time using the flexible schema server model.
For example, in 2019 a major Possum and Glider project covering all Australian species was added to the Urban Wildlife app. This was also significant as it was a project arising in a sister NESP project – the Threatened Species Recovery Hub.

Key Outcomes

• Observations, map views and survey components could be flexibly added to any project
• Multiple projects with independent data schemas in the app
• Single point of registration and login
• Offline record creation and upload once back online
• Admins can mark users as trained via the server backend to ‘unlock’ survey functionality in the app
• Simple curation/validation and full data download in CSV format available via admin backend

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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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