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PROPOSAL DETAILS |
BOARD EVALUATION |
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Proposal No. & Name |
From |
Lead Org |
Est. cost $K |
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Priority |
Provisional Funding $K |
Evaluation |
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#01 Access Management |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
70
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Medium
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(35*)
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Supported conditionally. Preliminary
funding allocated to this project OR project #33 (Web Feature Server), to be
reviewed at the next Board meeting on July 10, after the Authentication
consultancy report is completed.
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#02 ALGKEY |
Tim Entwisle |
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
|
53
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H Med
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53
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Supported. Need greater integration of biodiversity systems with the CANRI natural resources mapping facility. The RBG currently has many enquiries about this data and CANRI funding will allow it to be presented online for access and retrieval to help users identify species.
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#03 Architecture |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
40
|
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H Med
|
30
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Supported. Work towards common
architecture components and report to NRIMS.
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#04 BioLink |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
40
|
|
Low
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0
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Not supported. A good idea but
premature given the current status of the Biodiversity Information Program.
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#05
BIWGMG – Biodiversity Information Working Group Management |
Gary Hyde |
National Parks and Wildlife Service
|
20
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High
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20
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Supported. Very important to support
this coordination role on behalf of the BIWG.
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#06 Blueprint Reporting Online |
Cecilia Tram (interim) |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
50
|
|
High
|
100
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Supported. BRO is an essential first
step in providing a product for use by CMBs. Develop into a combined project
for water quality indicator reporting, using the outcomes of the 01/02 Web
Feature Server Pilot project and incorporating as far as possible the goals of
proposals #35 (WQIS II), #16 (IDMS extension), and #11 (DWRASOE).
Lead role for BRO to be provided by CANRI Business Development Manager. Mike Thompson,
CRG Chairperson to be involved as part of user group for this project.
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#07 Catalogue |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
50
|
|
H Med
|
35
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Supported. $35K matching funds may be available from the Commonwealth. Project should also provide a standard API for the CANRI catalogue.
|
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#08
CLIO 2 - Community Landcare Information Online 2 |
Dianna Horvath |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
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40
|
|
Medium
|
0 |
Not supported. Addresses community
capacity-building indicators in Catchment Blueprints. As these have not been
defined by CMBs as yet, CLIO would be better supported next year. The online
editing function central to the project will not be available this year.
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#09 CANRI Communication
Strategy |
Cecilia Tram |
CANRI Program
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10
|
|
High
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10
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Supported. Project could work
together with EPA regional consultation on NPI.
|
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#10 CANRI Program Coordination |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
200
|
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High
|
200
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Supported. DLWC to seek funding
contribution to technical support officer from corporate IT budget.
|
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#11 Data to NLWRA and SOE
(DWRASOE) |
Ray Boyton |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
50
|
|
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0
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Combine with #06.
Important project. To be incorporated in a combined project under proposal #06
(BRO).
|
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#12 Data Standards |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
45
|
|
L Med
|
0 |
More of a strategic action (beyond the brief of CANRI) best coordinated and driven by NRIMS Steering Group.
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#13 Gazetteer |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
90
|
|
H Med
|
20
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Supported. This proposal includes two
components: 1. Local implementation of key gazetteer functions (CMBs, LGAs and
Suburbs) in CANRI applications is a high priority. The pilot project with DITM
is a lower priority - need to obtain support and commitment from DITM for
this.
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#14
Groundwater Data Internet System
(GDIS 1) |
Ray Boyton |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
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50
|
|
Medium
|
0
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Not supported. Has importance to DLWC
but is a lower priority than other water related projects. Board considered
but advised against incorporation under proposal #06 (BRO).
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#15 Green Web Sydney Online |
Kym Buckley |
National Parks and Wildlife Service
|
50
|
|
H Med
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40
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Supported. Data quality needs to be
improved as it was considered by EPA but not used in the last SoE (2000)
report. NPWS offered to assist with the project and input to improving data
quality.
|
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#16
Hawkesbury-Nepean Integrated Data Management System - extension |
Adam Boey |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
170
|
|
|
0
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Combine with #06. To be incorporated
within a combined project under proposal #06 (BRO). SWMS would need to be
involved/consulted in this project.
|
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#17
HerbLink - Images of Plant Collections on the Internet |
Louisa Murray |
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
|
32
|
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H Med
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32
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Supported. Funding is required to
resource a person to process and verify the data.
|
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#18 Liverwort census |
Dr Elizabeth Brown |
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
|
55
|
|
Medium
|
0
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Not supported. This project will
provide a list of liverwort names. Some data quality checking will need to be
undertaken.
|
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#19
Marine algae – lists of seaweed species and their
distribution within NSW. |
Dr Alan Millar |
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
|
57
|
|
Medium
|
0
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Not supported. This project will
Internet-enable naming for seaweed species.
|
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#20
Master Names List of Fauna of New South Wales
(MNL) |
Mr Michael Elliott |
Australian Museum
|
30
|
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High
|
30
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Supported. A public user interface
will be made available. Project plan to outline whether and when a public
application programming interface API will also be provided.
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#21
MEBWeb II
- (Marine and Estuarine Biodiversity on the Web)
|
Dr Bob Creese |
NSW Fisheries
|
50
|
|
H Med
|
50
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Supported. This project will provide
several marine based spatial data layers.
|
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#22 NPWS Photo Library Database Project |
Ian Close |
National Parks and Wildlife Service
|
52
|
|
Medium
|
0
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Not supported. This project will
allow the static image library to be served onto the web. Not spatially
located. Includes plants, animals, and scenic photographs. Medium resolution
images will be available for personal but not commercial use.
|
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#23
NVDA - Native Vegetation Database Application
(NVDA)
|
Bob Denholm |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
51
|
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High
|
51
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Supported. Need to identify
relationship with National Vegetation Information Strategy (NVIS) and the
NLWRA.
|
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#24 Open Apps |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
50
|
|
H Med
|
40
|
Supported.
|
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#25 RAMS-Far West |
Graham Turner |
Environment Protection Authority
|
15
|
|
High
|
0
|
Supported. To be carried
out by EPA using funding assigned to NSW Agriculture for the 01/02 RAMS
project.
|
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#26 Rangeland Resources |
Rob Richards |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
26
|
|
High
|
26
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Supported. A gap currently exists in
coverage of this type of statewide data. Rangeland monitoring sites data for
NSW Western division, covering flora species, changes and climatic environment
is considered very important. The technology required for this needs to be
further discussed as well as ensuring output through DLWC's standard Oracle
environment, and thus ensuring access via the Natural Resources Atlas.
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#27
River Information Internet System
(RIIS IV) |
Ray Boyton |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
50
|
|
High
|
40
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Supported. Funding is to be provided to external agencies to link in their data. Provisional real time data for statewide gauging stations will be served.
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#28
SBSWeb - NSW State Biodiversity Strategy Website Projects |
Angelli Meza |
National Parks and Wildlife Service
|
133
|
|
High
|
65
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Supported. This project will collate
and serve data from statewide projects - ecosystems layer and a statewide high
conservation layer. Project Plan to show how it aligns with relevant data
layers and programs.
|
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#29
SNAP Phase 3— SPADEturbo (Thematic Utilisation of Resource
Base Online) |
Humphrey Milford |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
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40
|
|
High
|
30
|
Supported. Access to this unique
statewide soil data set was considered very important.
|
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#30 Tech Choice |
Jonathan Doig |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
45
|
|
High
|
30
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Supported. Agencies' main GIS platform is ESRI, who have already indicated their support for this approach in relation to ArcIMS. Deliverable should include at least one agency implementing application-serving technology different to that used in existing CANRI applications.
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#31 Useability |
Cecilia Tram |
CANRI Program
|
100
|
|
High
|
75
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Supported. Useability testing should
provide a basis for forward planning, eg directions for a new product range,
as well as reviewing existing applications (including eg Web-Keys - see
project #32). Systems Working Group will oversee implementation of
recommendations after testing, using an open approach to the software market.
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#32
Web-keys of Herbivorous Insects of New South Wales and their
Host Associations |
Dr Gerry Cassis |
Australian Museum
|
110
|
|
High
|
50
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Supported. Will assist with a range
of biodiversity processes. Keys from this project should be reviewed in
testing under the Useability project (#31).
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#33 Web Feature Server |
Jonathan Doig |
CANRI Program
|
85
|
|
Medium
|
(30*)
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Supported conditionally. Dependent
upon the outcomes from the Web Feature Server Pilot project (2001/02 funding
year). Preliminary funding allocated to this project OR project #01 (Access
Management), to be reviewed at next Board meeting July 10.
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#34
WISE (Water Information System for the Environment)- web site
application |
Dr R.T. Kingsford |
National Parks and Wildlife Service
|
100
|
|
H Med
|
50
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Supported conditionally. Preliminary
funding allocated pending review of outcomes of 2001/02 project. The project
needs to be better coordinated and communicated with other water programs.
|
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#35
Water Quality Internet System
(WQIS II) |
Tim Cooney |
Dept of Land and Water Conservation
|
50
|
|
|
0
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Combine with #06. Important project.
To be incorporated within a combined project under proposal #06 (BRO).
|
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#36
Local-e Partner |
Cecilia Tram |
CANRI Program
|
60
|
|
High
|
30
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Supported. Provides coordination and collaboration to ensure that LGSA's federally funded Local-e program is compatible with CANRI. Local government pilot projects are sought for this. Linkages with Greenweb and IPlan are required. Funding and support from IPlan will be sought. A priority project providing that adequate collaboration is assured.
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| #37
Fisheries Data By Catchment (FDBC) |
John Pursey |
NSW Fisheries
|
50
|
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H Med
|
50
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Supported. The project has similar
outcomes to WISE. Project plan to investigate aligment with WISE and other
water/catchment data access activities.
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TOTAL |
2,271 |
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TOTAL |
1,192* |
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