What is PEMS?

The PEMS Demonstrator Project refers to the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC SI) project - CRC SI 6.6 Demonstrator Project, which was approved for funding by the CRC SI in early 2007.

The term ‘PEMS’ stands for Platform for Environmental Modelling Support. PEMS is a data platform that adopts a grid cell (also called raster) based approach to managing spatial information (SI). The basic objective of PEMS is to provide a platform which supports the SI needs of the modellers and decisions support systems. Once established, the same platform can also support simple spatial queries and analyses to spatially enable professionals, with little or no SI knowledge, to a point where they can build SI into their processes in a simple and repeatable manner.

To achieve this PEMS aims to develop a shared infrastructure that provides an economic and effective mean to integrate SI from a variety of sources, and in various formats, to support commonly required query, analytical and modelling tasks. This will be based on a set of standard grids and projections to support new and existing business activities. The goal is for production systems based on PEMS across Australia to be developed as an integral part of the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure, providing easy access to current and authoritative grid cell-based data.

What is the PEMS Demonstrator Project About?

To promote the PEMS ideal to key users and stakeholders in Australia, the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) is funding the development of PEMS as a Demonstrator. The purpose is to develop typical functions of PEMS and showcase to interested parties the core technical components and user interactions experience that exemplify the full PEMS Production system. The Demonstrator aims to form the reasoning for the larger scale development of PEMS through an evaluation strategy involving a number of use cases sponsored by the project participants listed on the left of this page.

Project Stages

Key project stages are:

• PHASE 1 - PEMS Specification/Design
• PHASE 2 - Demonstrator Setup
• PHASE 3 - PEMS Demonstrator Development
• PHASE 4 - Documentation and Presentation
• PHASE 5 - Trial Support
• PHASE 6 – Post-Demonstrator Review
  

How long will the PEMS Project take to complete?

The PEMS Demonstrator became operational in March 2008 with the completion of Phases 4, and the outcomes of the evaluation and trial be completed by July 2008 (completion of Phase 6).

What’s happened so far?

Work on Phase 1 of the PEMS Demonstrator project, which involves the preparation of a technical and functional specification for the PEMS Demonstrator, commenced in February 2007 and was completed in September 2007.  Phases 2 and 3 of the project that involve the setup and implementation of the Demonstrator application was completed in February 2008 and testing of the application was completed in March 2008. The PEMS Demonstrator application is available at: http://pems.spatialvision.com.au/PEMS/Default.aspx

CRC for Spatial Information

This project is being conducted within the CRC for Spatial Information, established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative research Programme.

Contact details:
CRC for Spatial Information
723 Swanston St
Carlton VIC 3053

Project Participants

Further Information

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