• Developing interactive web maps to visualise project locations and key data points for New Energy initiatives.
• Creating customised GIS applications to assist in project planning, site selection, and resource optimization.
• Conducting geospatial analysis to identify suitable sites for renewable energy installations.
• Managing and maintaining a geospatial database, ensuring data accuracy and accessibility for project teams.

Through these projects, we’ve gained valuable insight into the new energy industries. Our work has encompassed ventures like hydrogen, ammonia and solar energy generation and expanded on our efforts in the environmental data standards arena. By working with Woodside Energy, we’ve established our expertise across multiple facets of GIS in the energy domain.

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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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Our Data Science team undertook a literature review focused on Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat based applications, along with a review of current field practices. The investigation then worked out two step-by-step processes leveraging a 3 year rolling baseline of satellite imagery processed with Jupyter Notebooks and Google Earth Engine. A final report details these elements and how DEWLP could implement an operational toolset to process new imagery and compare changes in NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index) above or below the baseline thresholds.

Considered by the client to be a ‘roaring’ success, the report has triggered productive conversations about a statewide monitoring approach, and our team is looking forward to a second stage of implementation work for the Department’s operational use.

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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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Initially engaged to deliver this Biodiversity Standard, we have been extended to work with them across a range of additional areas, including on-site support work for heritage and environmental data management services, data sourcing, analysis and map production. Our team are also assisting in establishing governance and frameworks around imagery management and spatial strategy.

As a multi-disciplinary resources company, Mineral Resources will benefit in coming years from a more streamlined approach to data collection, management and environmental compliance reporting across its operations. We anticipate the Standard and a single point-of-truth for biodiversity information will translate into operational efficiencies around efficient data discovery, self-service and quality. 

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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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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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This will create a more seamless experience for their workflows by using QGIS desktop GIS software to discover and load the most up-to-date information. Next up we will provide QGIS refresher training to GMA staff and a comprehensive handover of their new setup. In these difficult times with COVID-19 restrictions affecting businesses everywhere, we are looking at maintaining social distancing with a remote training session and combining classroom style training with our free online video tutorials.

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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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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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