Science data challenge

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A list of useful Queensland Government open datasets are tagged on data.qld.gov.au

• A tourist searches ‘grocery store Longreach’ and they will see a list of stores, opening hours, address and contact details, ratings, photos, interactive maps, directions. Off they go to get their supplies.
• An agricultural science student searches ‘environmental and natural resource data Longreach’ or ‘environmental and natural resource data Condamine’. What can they find?

What is your solution?

Your solution to this challenge should use at least one science dataset from the Department of Environment and Science and we suggest you use one or more of the following science APIs

1. Science APIs

Locating open data

Queensland Government open data is accessible at data.qld.gov.au. Search for other government open data at data.gov.au and local government websites.

Below is a list of open datasets and resources you might like to use for this challenge.

Open datasets

1. Climate
   • SILO scientific information for land owners
   • Climate
   • TERN
   • Bureau of Meteorology – climate
   • Southern Oscillation Index
2. Water
   • Water quality monitoring
   • Water monitoring information portal
   • Science in the Queensland Government
   • WaTERS – water tracking and electronic reporting system
   • Bureau of Meteorology – water
3. Coastal
   • NDRP storm tide hazard interpolation series
   • Wave monitoring
   • Assessing water quality
   • Bureau of Meteorology – environment
4. Air
   • Air quality
   • Air quality monitoring
5. Soils
   • Soils
   • Land suitability
   • Soil chemistry
   • Acid sulfate soils series
   • Environmental characteristics series
   • Land resource areas series
   • Land systems series
   • Mapping erodible soils
   • Queensland soil survey sites
   • Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia
6. Agriculture
   • Online Farm Trials data / Online Farm Trials portal
   • Climate Kelpie
   • Agricultural Production Systems simulator (APSIM)
   • Queensland Agricultural Land Audit
   • Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges Sites
   • Rabbit barrier fence
   • Cattle tick clearing facilities - Locations
   • Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control (ACDC) Atlas
   • Australian Bureau of Statistics - Agricultural Commodities
   • Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - ABARES
   • Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation crop outlook
   • The Long Paddock – SOI and AussieGRASS
   • The Long Paddock – FORAGE Property Reports
7. Biodiversity
   • Wildlife
   • Qld Wildlife data API
   • Vegetation
   • Broad vegetation groups – pre-clearing and 2015 remnant – Queensland series
   • Plants/animals – species list – useful links
   • Queensland wetland data version 4 series
   • The vegetation of the Australian tropical savannas
   • Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL)
   • Regional ecosystem
8. Remote sensing
   • Landcover mosaic series
   • Landsat fire scars Queensland series
   • State-wide Landcover and Trees Study Queensland series
   • Queensland spatial catalogue - QSpatial

Resources

1. Department of Environment and Science
2. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
3. Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
4. Gazetteer of Australian Place Name Search
5. Queensland Globe
6. TERN AusCover
7. Australian Research Data Commons
8. Geoscience Australia
9. Atlas of Living Australia
10. National Environmental Information Infrastructure
11. NationalMap