walis forum 2010 - managing environmental data on a large scale
DESCRIPTION
Delivered at WALIS Forum 2010TRANSCRIPT
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P088; Presented in Canberra, 27th March, 2008Presented at the WALIS Forum in Perth on 12th November, 2009
GAIA RESOURCES
Rio Tinto: Managing Environmental
Data on a Large ScaleAndrew DennisonGaia Resources
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• Overview
• What we did
• Benefits
• Future
• Further Information
• Questions
AGENDA
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Project Aims
• Combine data
• Identify significant areas
• Make data available
OVERVIEW
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OVERVIEW
Data to Information
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Existing Infrastructure
• MapInfo/MapBasic Tools
• File Based
• GIS Viewer
• Document Management System
OVERVIEW
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OVERVIEW
Environmental Characteristics and Capabilities Project
Sustainability StrategiesEnvironmental Standards
Business Processes Projects
EnvironmentalManagement
System
DocumentManagement
System
Management picture
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What did we do?
• Capture historical data
• Create data standards
• Create business processes
• Act as data custodian
HOW
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Historical Data
HOW
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Historical Data - Example
HOW
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Historical Data – Issues/Solutions
• Data capture standards
• Taxonomy
HOW
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Data Standards
• Currently eight data types
• Boundary to capture report extents
• Flexibility to add further types
HOW
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Data Standards - Example
HOW
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Data Standards – Issues/Solutions
• Enforced compliance
HOW
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Business Processes
• Greater autonomy
• More flexible
• Easier to implement
HOW
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Business Processes - Example
Data flow
HOW
Data SupplierProject
Manager?
Data Supplier CustodianCorporateDataset
Processing
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Business Processes – Issues/Solutions
• Training
HOW
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Data Custodian
• Manage data flow from suppliers
• Create MapBasic data custodian tools
• Transition to internal custodians
HOW
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Data Custodian - Example
Processing
HOW
CheckStructure
CheckTopology
CheckAttributes
IntegrateData
Data Supplier CustodianCorporateDataset
Processing
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Data Custodian – Issues/Solutions
• Balancing data validation with simplicity
HOW
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• Combining of data
• Sustainable extensible data management process
• Single point of control for data
• Dynamic updates
• Historical record of environmental surveys
BENEFITS
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Where to from here?
FUTURE
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• Environmental data was disparate
• Combine, identify and make available
• Creation of standards and business processes
• Improved data management process
SUMMARY
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Questions?