• 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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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 new submissions portal complements DWER’s existing online repository of land-based biodiversity surveys in Western Australia, known as the Index of Biodiversity Surveys for Assessments (IBSA).

The objective of IBSA is to capture and consolidate data contained in biodiversity survey reports to support assessments and compliance under the Environmental Protection Act (1986). The survey data and reports are available for everyone to download from the IBSA repository, improving environmental outcomes via improved quality of data for assessment, a broader decision-making base for regulators, an expanded knowledge base of WA’s flora and fauna and improved availability of environmental information for the community.

For the IBSA Submissions portal we developed two web-forms:

• initial form for proponents to enter metadata and upload reports and spatial files,
• subsequent form for an approver to digitally sign-off on the metadata and files to complete the submission.

The initial web-form automatically validates files on upload and immediately alerts the proponent when information or files do not meet the IBSA data standards. This makes completing the process very responsive for the proponent and provides greater consistency in the submissions process. It also provides efficiency gains for the DWER officers, significantly reducing the time they need to spend checking IBSA submissions, which results in time savings for the broader environmental assessment process.

We developed the web-forms using the Angular framework with Material Design for user interface elements and Terradata Covalent for web widgets.

IBSA Submissions Architecture Summary

While the portal workflow is relatively simple at this stage (two forms), it has a flexible design that can be expanded to accommodate more complex workflow steps if required. The project was designed and delivered within a three month period, including significant testing rounds, and is now live at IBSA Submissions.

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Gaia Resources provides support to the Bureau around their publicly available AtoM implementation, which contains a range of archival descriptions, authority records and digital objects.

Through the block support approach that Gaia Resources provides, this service is able to be delivered to the Bureau in a cost-effective manner.

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We have worked with Public Records Office Victoria (PROV) to migrate their archival management system (to CollectiveAccess), as part of a wider Digital Archive renewal project that they are running.

Our role in this project has centered around the implementation of the new Archival Management System, migration of the data from one system to another, and the subsequent testing and integration of the system with the staff within PROV. It has involved a lot of preparation work, understanding data models, and migration to a new data model.

This project was first written about in our blog on the “Managing Archives with PROV” blog post, which can be found at https://archive.gaiaresources.com.au/managing-archives-prov/.

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This project included considerable analysis of the existing Wildlife Licensing System, which was nearing its end of life, and looked at how to replicate the required outcomes, but also to deliver on more efficient licencing for both the Department and the many clients that acquire licences from the Department.

In conjunction with the Departmental Office of Information Management, the system was developed that also links to the new password-less login system and payment gateway.  This integration included considerable work between the teams and for much of the time our team was on-site at the Department to ensure strong communication between all parties.

The system went live in January, 2017, and our team continues to work with the Department on this, and other, projects.

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In 2018, we worked with the University of Tasmania to implement a Digital Preservation System, based on the Archivematica software.  This involved setting up Archivematica on the University’s NECTAR Infrastructure and configuring the system in conjunction with training for the staff at the University.  This then was added to the support arrangements for the University and we continue to support both their Digital Preservation and Archival Management systems.

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Our initial brief was to travel to Adelaide to provide a short on-site support project for the team at Flinders.  This was an intense three day session where a range of issues were investigated and where possible completed.  This resulted in a range of different issues being solved during his initial period, which has then flowed on into other projects.

As part of this project all potential issues were discussed and outlined in detail so that further work could be planned out in a staged approach.  This was then set aside for further work in the future (as well as their Pawtucket instance) including the provision of additional, ongoing support.

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