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SEMINAR: Water Related Spatial Information.

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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
Water Related Spatial Information. : this seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series. Other events...
The Department of Water has an extensive State-wide network of monitoring bores and gauging stations that has records going back to the early 1900’s. The types of projects that Department’s water information was used for in 2013 was wide ranging including: infrastructure proposals, foreshore management plans, Local Government planning strategies, coastal vulnerability studies, drainage modelling, 3D modelling for urban developments, urban water management planning, and academic research.

Goran Alibegovic, Manager Spatial Services & GIS at the Department of Water and Geospatial Analysts Timothy Fardon and Andrew Watson will cover what spatial information is available from the Department, custodianship, who is using it and how do you get hold of it for your research. The access to aspatial information such as water flow, water level, water quality etc. will also be covered.

An overview of the Department’s role in floodplain management (FPM) in Western Australia, with a focus on its GIS functions will also be discussed. The overview will include a background on who we are, the aims of floodplain management, the types of activities undertaken, a description of the FPM datasets, the users of FPM data and a display of historical flood events images.



PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.

****All Welcome****
Speaker(s) Goran Alibegovic,Tim Fardon & Andrew Watson, Spatial Services & GIS Department of Water
Location Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, The University of Western Australia
Contact Askale Abebe <[email protected]> : 6488 7565
URL http://www.water.wa.gov.au
Start Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:00
End Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:00
Submitted by Askale Abebe <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:35
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