Congatulations on the grant Hamish. I'm sure the project collaborators will tell you want they want at some point !
And yes collaborating on the paper is obvious. Sometimes you get lucky (and have to work too).
Is the website part of an ARDC project ? I was linked in to a suite of projects on gathering/organisation/presenting national fire data some time ago and there was one involving the UoM Data group to host/link/present national fire data ... yes there needs to be a place for researchers & others to source reliable and consistent fire data. This is a challenge to achieve as most fire data is collected by States and there are only a few agreed standards (mostly to meet how State Agencies need/use the data, not how researchers may want to see/use it). Also 'someone' needs to aggregate, process/standardise the data.
Happy to have roused you out of retirement for this post, Mike!
The website I've been working is not connected to ARDC (I should ask the team about the Melbourne Uni project you mentioned!) Some time ago I recall hearing of a national fire history data project led by ENSIMA. I'm now getting updates about it from Geoscience Australia, while the EMSINA project page refers you to StoryMap. I haven't actually gotten around to exploring the data, but it looks to be a fantastic and much-needed resource; an important foundational piece of the puzzle.
Congrats!
thanks Ruben!
Congatulations on the grant Hamish. I'm sure the project collaborators will tell you want they want at some point !
And yes collaborating on the paper is obvious. Sometimes you get lucky (and have to work too).
Is the website part of an ARDC project ? I was linked in to a suite of projects on gathering/organisation/presenting national fire data some time ago and there was one involving the UoM Data group to host/link/present national fire data ... yes there needs to be a place for researchers & others to source reliable and consistent fire data. This is a challenge to achieve as most fire data is collected by States and there are only a few agreed standards (mostly to meet how State Agencies need/use the data, not how researchers may want to see/use it). Also 'someone' needs to aggregate, process/standardise the data.
Happy to chat more.
Mike W.
Happy to have roused you out of retirement for this post, Mike!
The website I've been working is not connected to ARDC (I should ask the team about the Melbourne Uni project you mentioned!) Some time ago I recall hearing of a national fire history data project led by ENSIMA. I'm now getting updates about it from Geoscience Australia, while the EMSINA project page refers you to StoryMap. I haven't actually gotten around to exploring the data, but it looks to be a fantastic and much-needed resource; an important foundational piece of the puzzle.
- https://www.emsina.org/post/national-bushfire-boundary-datasets-update.
- https://digital.atlas.gov.au/maps/8b28109ce26b43b8968a3c9baa608f43/about
- https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/142755a3625c4c7cb901c74c88b19e54
Let's do a virtual cuppa some time - if not a real one, when I'm next in SA or you're in Vic