Reflections of a Hobbyist Beekeeper, Part One
This week, Barbara, one of our spatial analysts, talks about a special out-of-hours pursuit and how it links to projects... Continue reading →
What is Natural Resource Management?
One of our important client ‘segments’ is the Natural Resource Management (NRM) industry, and we thought we’d introduce them to... Continue reading →
Darwin – First impressions
Week 1 in Darwin: boxes, boxes, boxes Week 2: getting stocked up, unpacked and entertain the kids Week 3: start... Continue reading →
Biodiversity informatics future requirements
In a blog from last month I wrote about the good work that’s already been done within individual biodiversity knowledge domains. But... Continue reading →
Launching Wildlife Drones in WA
Deb from Wildlife Drones was in town in mid-December 2018 presenting their integrated wildlife tracking system to Department of Biodiversity,... Continue reading →
Describing items for small archives – a practical set of considerations
Back in October 2018, Piers presented to the 2018 ASA Conference with Bootstrapping small archives. One of the key artefacts... Continue reading →
Challenge: Dynamic Fungi Field Guide
You hopefully read last October’s blog post on visualising available data on the collecting history of Leadbeater’s Possum in the... Continue reading →
Mosquito ground surveillance – an update
When Jake and I went across to Melbourne for the FOSS4G conference in November, I took the opportunity to catch up... Continue reading →
Giving back to the Environment
I thought I’d expand upon the previous blog post that mentioned our Perth Christmas function was held at Cottesloe, helping... Continue reading →
Welcome to 2019!
The new year has been and gone and here we are back again! The first thing we wanted to was... Continue reading →
Merry Christmas!
Today (Friday 21st December) is the last day of our working year here at Gaia Resources, and we’re off to... Continue reading →
Biodiversity informatics history 101
On the 11th November 1998 I made a presentation to the herbarium staff at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on the... Continue reading →
Delivering on collaboration
Since our last blog back in September about the BioSys work we had been finalising with the NSW Office of... Continue reading →
Environmental Health, Data Standards and Open Source Software
Recently, I was asked to give a couple of talks to the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security (IPCHS) around the... Continue reading →
FOSS4G open source conference recap
Jake and I are back from Melbourne where we were one of hundreds of open-source spatial software enthusiasts attending last... Continue reading →
What’s new in QGIS 3.4
As most regular readers would be aware by now, we’re supporters of QGIS, and have made our commercial training course... Continue reading →
Celebrating the rangelands
Last week I attended the Rangelands Natural Resource Management (NRM) Annual General Meeting and their showcase and sundowner. The theme... Continue reading →
Delivering value to our clients
Lately we’ve been focusing a lot as a company on creating positive customer experiences. We’ve always been a company with... Continue reading →
Drones for birds
A few years back Gaia Resources looked at the rise of drones (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles if you prefer) and... Continue reading →
Threatened species – mapping stories
I attended the NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub Roadshow recently, hosted by WA’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Science Division. The... Continue reading →