Supporting Emergency Services
Regular readers of our posts will already know of Gaia Resources involvement in the development of the Essential Services Volunteers... Continue reading →
Plugging into data and map automation in QGIS 3
The staff at Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) have been using QGIS as an operational tool for mapping and analysis... Continue reading →
She {Codes} and PyLadies
Professional development is beneficial for our team members and important to Gaia Resources. Here are some recent examples from our... Continue reading →
CHIN Collection Management System review: our summary
Back in 2017 the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) embarked on a vendor survey of Collection Management System software capabilities... 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 →
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 →
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 →
MicroBlitz 2018 re-launch
I recently attended the re-launch of the MicroBlitz project, where the apps and website we re-built for them were one... Continue reading →
Getting to the root of a problem
Supporting a software product takes a lot of work – and it is not always clear where the effort needs... Continue reading →
Serverless Architecture at the Small Scale
On Saturday, 16th September 2017, DDD Perth was held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. DDD is one of... Continue reading →
Wildcare Helpline
Another of our apps for the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (formerly the Department of Parks and Wildlife) has... Continue reading →
Filtering in GRID
As a project manager at Gaia Resources, I work on a range of projects involving development of environmentally focused systems,... Continue reading →
Meet the “juniors”
Piers’ note: I’ve been asking for this from them for a few weeks, but since they haven’t provided it, I’ve... Continue reading →
Black-Cockatoo Community Wisdom Survey
BirdLife Western Australia’s Southwest Black-Cockatoo Recovery Program has been working with local communities, landholders and land managers since 2001 to research,... Continue reading →
More welcomes!
Piers’ note: Two things happened at the end of last year – we hired Chris and shamed Shay into finally writing... Continue reading →
NACC and GRID
We have recently implemented another instance of our Geographic & Reporting Information Database (GRID) product – this time for the... 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 →
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 →
Behind the scenes at the Western Australian Museum
Alex, Morgan and I were lucky enough to recently do a tour of the Western Australian Museum’s new wet store... Continue reading →
Welcome to Rob!
Hi there, I am Robert (or Rob, I can never decide), a somewhat nomadic newly employed Software Engineer at Gaia... Continue reading →