ALA’s data providers Posted on 28th November 2018 Data providers are the backbone of the ALA, providing authoritative data for species names and classification, geospatial references, environmental la…
New feature – occurrence record download history and DOI support Posted on 27th August 2018 The ALA now allows users to see a history of their occurrence record downloads. We have also introduced the automatic creation of a ‘digital object …
Brisbane City Council selects ALA for biodiversity data management Posted on 30th July 2018 The largest local government in Australia, Brisbane City Council, has chosen the Atlas of Living Australia as its approved corporate platform for envi…
New EcoCloud project Posted on 26th February 2018 The ALA is engaged in an exciting new EcoCloud project aimed at providing new data and modelling capability to support ecological research and managem…
Setting the benchmark for a streamlined approach to environmental data management Posted on 16th March 2017 The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) have teamed up to produce an integrated data feed to enable r…
ALA and BCCVL workshops on data quality Posted on 7th October 2016 The ALA and the Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL) recently ran a series of half-day workshops on data quality at the Unive…
Murray–Darling Basin Authority – new ALA hub Posted on 29th August 2016 The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) have collaborated to develop a new data hub, which is now live and ava…
ALA data attracts hackers Posted on 3rd August 2016 GovHack 2016 took place last weekend involving over 2000 people in 41 locations across Australia and New Zealand. The ALA was one of many datasets av…
Making Tracks to the Atlas: From OzTrack to ZoaTrack Posted on 21st September 2015 From big Crocodiles in Cape York to Little Penguins in and around St Kilda, the biodiversity projects that incorporate tracking devices are providing …
