Reflections of a Hobbyist Beekeeper, Part Two
When Barbara and I previously talked about the research I’ve been working on with the Honey Bee Products Cooperative Research... Continue reading →
Automating Disturbance
No, we’re not talking about people losing their jobs here. We’re talking about automation being able to assist people to... Continue reading →
Observing the Earth
On the last day of February, I was pleased to host the first Whole of Community webinar for 2019 on... Continue reading →
Savanna burning and carbon abatement
A few weeks ago I headed along to the Savanna Fire Forum at Charles Darwin University, and to the subsequent... Continue reading →
Topology in GIS
What is topology in a geographic information system? In spatial technology, the word “topology” is all about the building blocks... Continue reading →
Data Standards in Environmental Health
Back in December I wrote about some presentations that I did for the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, and mentioned... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Controlling Mosquitoes with Technology
Last week I was at the Mosquito Control Association of Australia (MCAA) conference in Tweed Heads, presenting an update on... Continue reading →
Dieback Information Group Conference 2018
I recently attended the 17th annual Dieback Information Group Conference 2018. Themed Working together – combating plant disease through collaboration.... Continue reading →
Greener rocks…
As a geologist in the early years of my career (see right*), there was a prevailing theory that the “hard... Continue reading →
AgHack and the adventures of the Rangelands Rover
In the last weekend of July, New Jake, Tony, Voon-Li and I (with some cameos from Old Jake and Serge)... Continue reading →
BCCVL Workshops
Over the past few weeks we’ve attended a couple of different events hosted by Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory... Continue reading →