FOSS4G SOTM Oceania 2024

Lessons learned building a cloud-native geospatial data management system
11-06, 11:25– (Australia/Hobart), Anglesea Room

The Great Barrier Reef Data Management System was built in the last two years using FOSS and cloud-native data formats (Zarr and GeoParquet). Here is what we have learned along the way.


Cloud native geospatial formats (Zarr and GeoParquet in particular) can do great things, if you know how to use them. This talk will focus on what we have learned about them in two years of work building a cloud-native geospatial data management system for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Some general design lessons learned about building a complex system and some more in-detail technical aspects of converting data to cloud-native format and making it efficient to process.

Computer Scientist turned Data Engineer, from AI to Geospatial, from Italy to Tasmania. Tried FOSS4G last year, loved it, came back for more.

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