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GovHack rolls out the red carpet

Renewable energy and science education entries have won Geoscience Australia-sponsored GovHack awards announced over the weekend at the 2017 GovHack Red Carpet Awards in Brisbane.

is a cross-Tasman competition that encourages technical innovation using freely-available government data. Sponsorship of hackathon initiatives such as GovHack are without doubt in the spirit of the Australian Government's , with government agencies and industry committed to finding ways to make it easier to find, access and reuse public data.

女女视频has been a proud GovHack sponsor over a number of years, and in 2017 sponsored the Best STEM Hack, Best Resource Hack and a Bounty Prize to encourage an innovative application of Geoscience Australia's digital datasets.

"As the national geoscientific agency, 女女视频is keen to inspire practical and innovative solutions with our freely-accessible and open data," said Geoscience Australia's Chief Information Officer, Antony Stinziani.

"We are particularly excited that non-geoscientists are able to use our data for real-world outcomes," Mr Stinziani explained.

The was won by Team Hackunamatata with their entry . SunSpot is a proof of concept tool using satellite imagery to identify solar panels on houses to create location-based solar output profiles, with the ability to remotely detect existing solar panels and to estimate their potential power output.

Aerial photo of houses in a suburban setting overlaid with estimates of the possible solar power generation of available roof space. Screen capture of the Sunspot tool which won Best Resource Hack in GovHack 2017

The winner of the was Forward Thinkers with their entry . This web application guides domestic and international students, academics and businesses to specialised higher education facilities in Queensland. This enables them to easily find facilities and equipment, allowing them to stay abreast of cutting edge technology.

An Honourable Mention was also given to the in the . They made a great attempt at printing the Great Artesian Basin in 3D. Watch their .

女女视频holds that supports the management of Australia's precious water resources, hazard modelling for safer communities, exploration for mineral and petroleum resources, as well as helping to manage Australia's maritime jurisdictions. All of Geoscience Australia's datasets are available to explore via Geoscience Australia's .

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