QLD Desktop Assessment
From boundary to report
in ~7 minutes
Here's every step Groundtruth automates — work that would take an ecologist 12–16 hours manually.
Total time: approximately 7 minutes end-to-end
Upload Survey Area Boundary
Draw your study area directly on the map, or upload a KML/shapefile. Groundtruth ingests the polygon and kicks off all downstream searches automatically.
~1 min
Step 1
Search PMST, ALA, RE Mapping & More
Automated queries across all major government and scientific data sources — simultaneously, not sequentially. No manual downloads, no portal hopping.
Protected Matters Search Tool
Atlas of Living Australia
QLD Regional Ecosystem Mapping
MSES
VMA
~2 min
Step 2
Match REs to Threatened Ecological Communities
Each Regional Ecosystem present in the survey area is automatically cross-referenced against the QLD RE–TEC lookup table. Potential Threatened Ecological Communities are flagged instantly — no manual spreadsheet matching required.
QLD RE–TEC lookup (191 records)
CE / E / V status
Included in Step 2
Runs parallel
Generate Desktop Assessment Report
AI drafts a compliance-ready desktop ecological assessment report — structured, referenced, and ready for ecologist review. Covers flora, fauna, TECs, and legislative obligations.
~2 min
Step 4
Generate Flora & Fauna Checklists for Field Work
Species checklists tailored specifically to the survey area — drawn from ALA records and RE biodiversity tables. Field ecologists get a targeted, site-specific list, not a generic regional one.
~1 min
Step 5
Generate Suggested Survey Sites Map & KML
Recommended flora survey sites overlaid on the study area map, with a KML file ready to load directly into QField or Google Earth. Field teams can navigate straight to survey locations.
KML export for QField
Google Earth compatible
Interactive map view
~1 min
Step 6
Time saved per assessment
With Groundtruth
~7 min
Start to finish. All 6 steps, automated in parallel.
Traditional manual
12–16 hrs
PMST portals, ALA searches, RE cross-referencing, report drafting — all by hand.
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