© esr 2006 didymo samples database - a web-based tool donald peterkin ruth pirie esr july 2007
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Didymo Samples Database
- a web-based tool
www.didymosamplesdb.org.nz
Donald PeterkinRuth Pirie
ESR
July 2007
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• A Crown Research Institute • Main areas of work- public health
- environmental health
- forensic science
• Major clients include- the Ministry of Health (MoH)
- the New Zealand Police (Police)
- the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA)
- the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST).
Who is the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR)?
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• ESR have recently built SurvINZ (an IT platform for our surveillance functions)
• Didymo response is developing a long term management programme
• Didymo sample data stored in multiple repositories
• Biosecurity NZ asked ESR to develop a prototype central repository/web based application to assist long term management partners
• Management tool for the LTM
Background
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Scope• The prototype web based application will enable
partners in didymo surveillance to record and view results of sampling and testing for didymo presence in New Zealand waterways
• All users will be able to see where samples have been taken and where positive results have been recorded.
• Selected data can also be queried from the database and presented in reports and exported for use with other software e.g. GIS.
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Project to date
• Consultation with BNZ and partner representatives- Sampling form designed
- User requirements gathered
• Functional specification developed• Prototype web based application developed • Existing site and sample data migrated to
database• Initial training provided for users participating in
user acceptance testing
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User requirements for database
• Entry of completed sampling details• Searching and viewing of results on the sampling
form• Addition of new sample sites• Printing of completed, partially completed and
blank forms• Printing of reports for any site, catchment,
region, or organisation in New Zealand.
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• Access to real time local and national didymo sample data
• Search tools to find status of sites• Reports to manage sites and results• Linking of samples to sampling sites and sites to
waterways• Visualisation of didymo status of rivers and other
waterways in New Zealand• Aligned with existing partner systems where
possible
What does the Didymo Sample Database offer?
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https://www.didymosamplesdb.org.nz/
System demonstration
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Home Page
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Site search page
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Reports
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Map
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Map - Zoomed
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Where to from here?• Prototype now undergoing user acceptance
testing• Initial group of users to be given training and
access• Data to be checked and updated to fill gaps• Feedback to be gathered on prototype (via the
LTM regional groups and coordinator)• Start using the system and monitor uptake
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Future Possibilities• System user numbers expanded to approximately 120
users• Further develop application to assist tracking of
samples and entry of data• Develop additional reports• Enhance ability to link sampling details to laboratory
results• Add module to record data in the field using GPS
enabled PDAs• Map of didymo status accessible to public• Add data declared positive (date of first positive
sample event) to sample form• Include likely environments model (currently being
developed) as a layer in the map display
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Acknowledgements
• Thanks to all those who helped with this project under tight deadlines particularly - Chris Bicknell, Nadene Boyle, Lesley Wilson & John
Sanson from Biosecurity NZ
- Jody Richardson & Helen Hurren from NIWA for providing the waterway GIS data files
- Matt Dale (Otago Regional Council) and Brett Cockeram (Greater Wellington Regional Council) for their comments on the early prototype design