Geospatial Capabilities for the next decade: scale, sector and pathways for collaboration and utilisation of spatial data infrastructures

Sanjeev Srivastava; Allison Kealy; Lesley Wyborn; Michael Rigby; Melanie Barlow; Jens Klump; Kheeran Dharmawardena; Simon Costello

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Geospatial Capabilities for the next decade: scale, sector and pathways for collaboration and utilisation of spatial data infrastructures

Sanjeev Srivastava, Allison Kealy, Lesley Wyborn, Michael Rigby, Melanie Barlow, Jens Klump, Kheeran Dharmawardena and Simon Costello

eResearch Australasia Conference, 2021 (Online / Brisbane, Australia, 11-Oct-2021 - 15-Oct-2021)

2021

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Geospatial data products have long been created to satisfy a broad range of stakeholders, forming data layers used across various domains in government, academic and industry sectors. The future era of large-volume geospatial data infrastructures is excitingly set to transform this domain with new capabilities poised to change the way data is processed and delivered, potentially leading to datasets or collections that are customised to specific user requirements on-demand. While this should make it easier for an end-user, there are concerns that such an approach may actually decrease FAIRness and potential value through the use of opaque data processing algorithms and limiting access to minimally-processed underlying datasets. Such issues may ultimately complicate the use of data in fundamental research and defensible decision making required by government and policy agencies where transparency is critical. Keeping Australian government, academia and industry at the forefront of innovation in Australia requires collaborative geospatial research infrastructures that enable access to all forms of data, including high-volume geospatial datasets, as well as open software and computing infrastructures for processing. The current phase of National Research Infrastructure planning provides an opportunity to explore what geospatial capabilities are needed within Australia that can both meet fundamental research needs and still be leveraged by the commercial geospatial industry and government agencies. In this BoF the Geospatial Capabilities Community of Practice will explore this issue with representatives from government, academia and industry to help identify the key capabilities that can be harmonised across all sectors of the Australian geospatial community.

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Title: Geospatial Capabilities for the next decade: scale, sector and pathways for collaboration and utilisation of spatial data infrastructures
Authors: Sanjeev Srivastava (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Centre
Allison Kealy (Author) - RMIT University
Lesley Wyborn (Author) - Australian Research Data Commons
Michael Rigby (Author) - Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
Melanie Barlow (Author) - Australian Research Data Commons
Jens Klump (Author) - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Kheeran Dharmawardena (Author) - Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
Simon Costello (Author) - Geoscience Australia
Conference details: eResearch Australasia Conference, 2021 (Online / Brisbane, Australia, 11-Oct-2021 - 15-Oct-2021)
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Centre
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99570207802621
Output Type: Conference presentation

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