A Marine Cadastre for Australia - Addressing Key Scientific and Policy Issues. A marine cadastre provides a means for delineating, managing and administering legally definable offshore boundaries. Marine cadastre research was initiated in Australia under a previous ARC grant which aimed at defining issues affecting the development of an Australian marine cadastre. The current project focuses on four such issues :
(1) Resolving ambiguities in the definition of the tidal interface
(2) Issues ....A Marine Cadastre for Australia - Addressing Key Scientific and Policy Issues. A marine cadastre provides a means for delineating, managing and administering legally definable offshore boundaries. Marine cadastre research was initiated in Australia under a previous ARC grant which aimed at defining issues affecting the development of an Australian marine cadastre. The current project focuses on four such issues :
(1) Resolving ambiguities in the definition of the tidal interface
(2) Issues in the use of natural rather than geometric boundaries to define jurisdictional limits
(3) Expanding the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure to support a marine cadastre
(4) Legal and security issues intrinsic to the development of a marine cadastre.Read moreRead less
The Integration of Built and Natural Environmental Datasets in National Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiatives. Delivering sustainable development nationally assumes knowledge about the natural and built environment. This requires access to data about these two environments which is facilitated by establishing a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The problem in Australia is that the states are the custodians of large to medium built and natural datasets while the Federal Government is ....The Integration of Built and Natural Environmental Datasets in National Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiatives. Delivering sustainable development nationally assumes knowledge about the natural and built environment. This requires access to data about these two environments which is facilitated by establishing a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The problem in Australia is that the states are the custodians of large to medium built and natural datasets while the Federal Government is the custodian of small scale natural datasets. While Australia has seen some success, the integration of these datasets is hampered by jurisdictional, institutional, administrative and legal issues. This research will investigate the differences in these forms of data and the justification and policy framework to integrate them in a NSDI.Read moreRead less
Automatic fusion of geoinformation: The intelligent geo-mediator architecture (iGMA). The efficient integration of geographic information from different sources (termed geoinformation fusion) is recognized internationally as a major problem for projects that rely on geographic information. Conventional geoinformation fusion procedures require manual assistance from human experts. This project will lead to increased speed, reliability, and economy for this task, by automating the process of geoin ....Automatic fusion of geoinformation: The intelligent geo-mediator architecture (iGMA). The efficient integration of geographic information from different sources (termed geoinformation fusion) is recognized internationally as a major problem for projects that rely on geographic information. Conventional geoinformation fusion procedures require manual assistance from human experts. This project will lead to increased speed, reliability, and economy for this task, by automating the process of geoinformation fusion. Many different application domains will benefit from these improvements to geoinformation fusion procedures, including emergency response systems (for example, helping to combine different data about the structural characteristics of buildings as part of a housing damage assessment following an earthquake).Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE150100047
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$540,000.00
Summary
A multi-frequency microwave radiometer system for environmental research. A multi-frequency microwave radiometer system for environmental research: A new capability for airborne remote sensing of key environmental variables will be established. The unique P-, Ku- and Ka-band passive microwave radiometer system will provide information on soil moisture, surface temperature and vegetation, and allow for a new satellite concept to be demonstrated. By combining with an existing L-band radiometer, da ....A multi-frequency microwave radiometer system for environmental research. A multi-frequency microwave radiometer system for environmental research: A new capability for airborne remote sensing of key environmental variables will be established. The unique P-, Ku- and Ka-band passive microwave radiometer system will provide information on soil moisture, surface temperature and vegetation, and allow for a new satellite concept to be demonstrated. By combining with an existing L-band radiometer, data can be collected simultaneously at P-, L-, Ku- and Ka-bands, with increased spatial resolutions accordingly. The shorter wavelength, but higher spatial resolution data can be used to enhance the spatial resolution of the longer wavelength data, resulting in a capability to derive long wavelength observations from space at unprecedented spatial resolution.Read moreRead less
Geo-placed Knowledge: developing a methodology for provisioning stakeholders in natural environments management with integrated media tools. The objectives of this research are to employ the concept of a geo-knowledge tool to construct a virtual geographical information repository. It will build and evaluate the effectiveness of a Web-delivered GeoKnowledge tool to facilitate better access to (geo)information about the nation. It will develop 'rules' for guiding the design of content, informatio ....Geo-placed Knowledge: developing a methodology for provisioning stakeholders in natural environments management with integrated media tools. The objectives of this research are to employ the concept of a geo-knowledge tool to construct a virtual geographical information repository. It will build and evaluate the effectiveness of a Web-delivered GeoKnowledge tool to facilitate better access to (geo)information about the nation. It will develop 'rules' for guiding the design of content, information prospecting support, data mining and interface access within the context of a contemporary atlas. Finally, it has an underlying goal to understand the complexities of provisioning and providing a Web-delivered tool that can be employed by multi-disciplinary teams for understanding geographical information about national parks throughout Australia.Read moreRead less