Weed Mapping Information Day

A Weed Mapping Information Day was held at Parramatta on 23 May 2007 to promote the development of standardised mapping procedures. The Information Day was organised as part of the Sydney Weeds Committees efforts to promote the development of standardised mapping activities throughout NSW.

The Agenda for the day was as follows (click on a link to be taken to a copy of the presentation in .pdf format):

9:45 – 10:00am Registration
10:00 – 10:05am Introduction
Christopher Auricht - Project Coordinator, National Weeds Assessment Work Plan
National Land & Water Resources Audit
10:05 – 10:25am Why map weeds - using the National Weed Mapping National Standards
Leanne Brown - Bureau Rural Sciences
10:25 – 11:05am Weed Mapping in the field, a practical approach
John Thorpe – National Weeds Management Facilitator, Australian Weeds Committee
11:05 – 11:15am Questions
11:15 – 11:30am Morning Tea Break
11:30 - 12:10 pm What you need to get started, the technical bits - An introduction to the Audit / ANZLIC Natural Resources Information Managment Toolkit
Christopher Auricht
12:10 – 12:30pm

What’s happening at a State Level?
Alan Maguire & Sean Brindle – NSW DPI

12:30 – 1:05pm National Mapping and Database Development
Christopher Auricht
1:05 - 1:15pm Questions
1:15 – 1:45pm Lunch
1:45 – 2:10pm Weed Mapping and Bushland Condition mapping at Ku-ring-gai Council
Evelyn Baker – Ku-ring-gai Council
2:10 – 2:30pm Willow Mapping using Infra Red Technology
Mark Noonan – Sydney Catchment Authority
2:30 – 2:50pm The Challenges of mapping Bitou Bush and Boneseed - from local to a National Level
Clare O'Brien - DECC
2:50 – 3:00pm Questions
3:00 – 3:20pm Discussion on 'Where-To-From-Here' and Wrap-up
Christopher Auricht

Resources from the Information Day are also available on the Resource Materials page.

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