BioSys and National Collaboration
In August 2015 I published a blog about a pilot for the BioSys software that we had developed with the... Continue reading →
Mapping All Over the World
♫ And I like it, I like it… It’s been nearly four months since we released our free Environmental Quantum... Continue reading →
FOSS4G Oceania
We usually attend or sponsor conferences for a couple of different reasons; either there is an opportunity to learn something... Continue reading →
Open data and innovation in Queensland
Last Friday Gaia Resources was invited to Queensland’s International Open Data Day event, so I went along to set up... Continue reading →
Mapping our History – and our Future
I did mention in my last blog that my brain was fizzing away about Archives… so much so, that when I... Continue reading →
Under GRID’s hood
Our GRID product – the online, easy to use GIS for the Natural Resources Management (NRM) community – continues to... Continue reading →
Smaller Archives, Technology and Forever.
Last week I presented to the Victorian Branch of the Australian Society of Archivists about the work that Gaia Resources does... Continue reading →
The Disadvantages of Open Source
(Yes, this is a clickbait title) I heard a phrase recently which was really upsetting: “What are the disadvantages of... Continue reading →
QGIS leaping ahead
Quantum GIS (QGIS) is really taking off as a free, open source Geographic Information System (GIS) package across the environmental (and... Continue reading →
When Collections become GLAM
I’m just back from a short trip to Sydney last week where Barbara Reed (Recordkeeping Innovation), James Bullen (Hudson Molonglo)... Continue reading →
Using Virtual Reality to assist decision making
We’ve been working and partnering with some Queensland based Natural Resource Management (NRM) groups to expand the services we offer... Continue reading →
Showcasing Western Australian New Music
We have been working for quite some time on the Western Australian New Music Archive (WANMA), and recently we finished... Continue reading →
Western Australian History Goes Online
Last night we officially rolled out the new Royal Western Australian Historical Society (RWAHS) website, collections portal and online shop at their... Continue reading →
Helping protect the Goldfields Nullarbor region
We have been working with Ross Wood from the Goldfields Nullarbor Rangelands Biosecurity Association (GNRBA) to help target the work... Continue reading →
Western Australian history going online
The Royal Western Australian Historical Society Inc. (RWAHS) is a not-for-profit organisation whose Vision is that: “present and future generations... Continue reading →
Adding Australian National Species List names to CollectiveAccess
We recently added a plugin to CollectiveAccess to reference names from the Australian National Species Lists.
The importance of data
Throughout the entire time Gaia Resources has been operating, data has been the key to many of our projects. Particularly... Continue reading →
Environmental QGIS Training – back in the South West
I am starting to feel like a local for all my enjoyable trips down to gorgeous Albany. This trip was... Continue reading →
The State of Natural Resource Management in 2015
We’re just back from the State Natural Resource Management (NRM) conference, where Gaia Resources was a Gold Sponsor. This is... Continue reading →
Archives online
Back in July 2012 Gaia Resources started on a project with the State Records Office (SRO), to help with the... Continue reading →