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David Crossley: Curriculum Vitae

Personal Particulars

David Charles CROSSLEY
Director, IndexGeo Pty Ltd

160 Cowper Street, Goulburn. NSW. 2580. Australia.
phone: 02 48 221404 international: +61 2 48221404
email: dcrossley.at.indexgeo.com.au
URL: http://www.indexgeo.com.au/

Born: Australia

I have a backgound in professional cadastral land surveying and more recent qualifications and experience in the field of information technology. This has then given me strong expertise in the technical aspects of Geographic Information Systems and online services.

Educational Qualifications

Graduate Diploma in Computing Studies
- University of Canberra. Australia. 1992
Registered Surveyor (retired)
- New South Wales. Australia. 1985
Bachelor of Surveying
- University of New South Wales, Sydney. Australia. 1981
Higher School Certificate
- Nowra High School. NSW. Australia. 1974

Outline of Expertise

Internet and local network services
- applications development for interactive online services
- World Wide Web (WWW), Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) Z39.50 Search and Retrieve protocol
- integration with other systems (DBMS, GIS, search facilities)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- technical issues, applications development, integration with other systems
Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
- design and implementation
Progamming and application development
- perl, C, UNIX scripting, UNIX tools, SQL, statistical packages
- Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML) for document management and presentation
User needs analysis and systems design
Liaison
Staff management

Employment History

February 1996 to present
IndexGeo Pty Ltd
www.indexgeo.com.au
We establish network directory services for digital libraries of geographic information, focussed on the environment and natural resources
Major projects
  • Eco Companion environmental resources catalogue and online document management service. Concise descriptive documents are personally managed by members and published as catalogue records. Sophisticated library search facilities (using Z39.50) enable effective resource discovery and promote documents to worldwide virtual library networks. Document management facilities use Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML).
  • Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD) implementation project (distributed geospataial search system) - technical assistance to initial nodes, produce technical documentation, implement ASDD gateway
  • Establish a few nodes of the ASDD e.g. Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG), Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC), and of course Eco Companion
  • Locality mapping component of "Search AUSLIG Master Names File" interface
January 1992 to February 1996
Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN)
URL:http://www.erin.gov.au/
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Manager
- various online interactive services
- metadata system for documenting spatial datasets
- design and implemention of geographic information systems
- design and implemention of database management systems
- interface development
- UNIX robots which come to life each night, scurry around the filesystem, and send summary emails to metadata managers
- integration of scientific and statistical systems
- staff training, support, and advice
Cape York Peninsula Peninsula Land Use Study (CYPLUS)
- scientific computing support for ERIN's projects in CYPLUS
- design and implemention of geographic information systems
- design and implemention of database management systems
- interface development
- integration of scientific and statistical systems
- staff training, support, and advice
Implementation of Environmental Resources Information System (ERIS)
- load datasets to ORACLE database
- build UNIX scripts to process input data files for data validation, reformatting, and content error detection
- develop systems to automate and facilitate data loading to RDBMS
January 1990 to January 1992
University of Canberra, Australia.
Graduate Diploma of Computing Studies
July 1985 to January 1992
David Crossley and Associates, Cadastral Surveyors, Goulburn
Principal, Registered Surveyor
January 1976 to July 1985
Various cadastral surveying firms
Trainee and graduate surveyor
January 1975 to November 1980
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Bachelor of Surveying

Papers and Presentations