Wetland Information Capture

Photo: River between Cairns and Croyden - Cathy Ellis

An online information capture system called Wetland Information Capture System (WIC) has been developed.

This system allows approved users to contribute data to the wetland inventory database and also provides some basic validation checks for data uploaded from the field survey proformas.

For any wetland inventory to be effective it is essential that the data within the inventory remains current. New data needs to be added as it is collected and these data need to be integrated with the existing data.

The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) now has the ability to store data contributed to the wetland inventory database by external parties. Any individual or organisation that contributes data to the wetland inventory database remains the custodian or owner of their data. DERM provides the system for it to be stored and accessed.

Types of data that are of particular interest for inclusion in the database are:

onground inventory including data on geology, flora, fauna and water quality
meta data from any wetland study
regionally important data (this could be Waterwatch data, sub-catchment boundaries, bird surveys etc)
wetland data from substantial research programs
mapping of wetlands at finer scales than are available through the Queensland Wetlands Mapping project.

Versions of the interactive data capture tools are available and if you are interested in contributing data to the wetland inventory pilot, or have any queries, please contact us for more information.

Last updated: 12 March 2012