New ERISS program in 2009 - Spatial Sciences and Data Integration
A new group has been created in the Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist to bring together the spatial science expertise previously distributed across the Institute's programs.
The functions of the group are to:
- Develop leading edge products for assessment of land condition and cover (including freshwater wetland areas), with a primary focus on those aspects related to the operational impacts and rehabilitation of minesites in the tropics.
- Provide spatial sciences expertise for projects across the Division.
- Develop and implement the framework(s) for corporate storage and retrieval of spatial, water, soils, biology and photographic data
The key tasks of the group include:
- Enhance and grow the capability of ERISS to deliver high end spatial products
- Populate and finalise the Bushtucker GIS and other spatially-based products
- Focussed projects on developing capacity of spatial products to identify plant species - context of spread of weeds and establishment of vegetation on trial rehab area.
- Integration and standardisation of disparate knowledge bases to a common spatially-based platform
- Maintain systems and protcools for management of spatial and point source data
The Program Leader is Dr Renée Bartolo.
For more information, please contact Renee.Bartolo@environment.gov.au.
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