The data science of plant trait data
Data Science is a large and growing multidisciplinary field that employs scientific method, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge... Continue reading →
Twenty Years of Descriptive Data
As part of his ongoing series of retrospectives on the development of significant biodiversity data sets in Western Australia, Alex... Continue reading →
Fire mapping QGIS plugin
Within my first two weeks of moving to Darwin, Rohan Fisher from the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research invited me... Continue reading →
Biodiversity Information Standards 2020 Virtual Conference
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is a not-for-profit, scientific and educational association formed to establish international collaboration among the creators, managers... Continue reading →
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Data Science Upskilling Bootcamp
A new and interesting trend is emerging as teachers from all over the world embrace virtual training. It opens many... Continue reading →
Current biodiversity initiatives in Australia
I recently attended an online forum presenting the outcomes of a major review of Australia’s taxonomic resources, as part of... Continue reading →
IBSA Submissions Portal launch
Gaia Resources has recently been working with the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation to develop a submissions portal for... Continue reading →
The Data Challenge for (Citizen) Science
DATA. It takes centre stage for all science projects – its definition, collection, organisation, analysis and as a significant part... Continue reading →
A Carbon Budget for Western Australia
I recently attended a seminar exploring the proposal that WA should legislate a carbon budget to reduce its greenhouse gas... Continue reading →
Why do we Rabble?
Having been a spectator, then speaker, and now organiser of this networking event, Georabble is a phenomenon I have really... Continue reading →
Choosing technology for Citizen Science
Editor’s note: This is the second blog from Jessie after her trip to the Citizen Science Association 2019 conference (read... Continue reading →
Big Data and Biodiversity
Last week, the WA Mega Data Cluster ran an event “Big Data for Biodiversity”, which had a range of speakers... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →