WALIS Forum 2010 - Managing Environmental Data on a large Scale

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

• Overview

• What we did

• Benefits

• Future

• Further Information

• Questions

AGENDA

Project Aims

• Combine data

• Identify significant areas

• Make data available

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

Data to Information

Existing Infrastructure

• MapInfo/MapBasic Tools

• File Based

• GIS Viewer

• Document Management System

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

Environmental Characteristics and Capabilities Project

Sustainability StrategiesEnvironmental Standards

Business Processes Projects

EnvironmentalManagement

System

DocumentManagement

System

Management picture

What did we do?

• Capture historical data

• Create data standards

• Create business processes

• Act as data custodian

HOW

Historical Data

HOW

Historical Data - Example

HOW

Historical Data – Issues/Solutions

• Data capture standards

• Taxonomy

HOW

Data Standards

• Currently eight data types

• Boundary to capture report extents

• Flexibility to add further types

HOW

Data Standards - Example

HOW

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Data Standards – Issues/Solutions

• Enforced compliance

HOW

Business Processes

• Greater autonomy

• More flexible

• Easier to implement

HOW

Business Processes - Example

Data flow

HOW

Data SupplierProject

Manager?

Data Supplier CustodianCorporateDataset

Processing

Business Processes – Issues/Solutions

• Training

HOW

Data Custodian

• Manage data flow from suppliers

• Create MapBasic data custodian tools

• Transition to internal custodians

HOW

Data Custodian - Example

Processing

HOW

CheckStructure

CheckTopology

CheckAttributes

IntegrateData

Data Supplier CustodianCorporateDataset

Processing

Data Custodian – Issues/Solutions

• Balancing data validation with simplicity

HOW

• Combining of data

• Sustainable extensible data management process

• Single point of control for data

• Dynamic updates

• Historical record of environmental surveys

BENEFITS

Where to from here?

FUTURE

• Environmental data was disparate

• Combine, identify and make available

• Creation of standards and business processes

• Improved data management process

SUMMARY

andrew@gaiaresources.com.au

FURTHER INFORMATION

Questions?