Services Overview
Nature Data Management Service
Executive Summary
For organizations that impact, depend on, or seek to protect nature—whether through infrastructure development, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), nature-based solutions, or sustainability reporting—reliable environmental data is their most critical asset.
Our Service Philosophy
Your Data, Demystified
Our approach is built on three core principles:
001
Empowering Your Mission
We handle the technical complexity so you don't have to. Whether you need a full-service team or expert advisors, our goal is to make your data work for you.
002
Building Your Digital Twin
Our services are built around our proprietary DATACT software and custom PostGIS database solutions. This integrated design is the engine that constructs and powers your Digital Twin, creating a seamless, powerful, and unified ecosystem for all your field data.
003
Future-Proofing Your Assets
We ensure your Digital Twin and its underlying data are not only useful today but remain secure, discoverable, and viable for decades, meeting all legal, regulatory, and historical preservation requirements.
Core Service Offerings
A Modular Approach
We offer our services in distinct phases, allowing you to engage us for the full lifecycle or for specific needs.
PHASE 1
Strategic Project & Data Planning(Advisory & Workshops)
This foundational phase ensures your Digital Twin is built on a clear, efficient, and compliant data strategy. Ideal for clients seeking guidance and planning expertise.
Service 1.1 – Data Management Planning (DMP) Workshop:
What is it: A collaborative session to define the what, why, and how of your project's data. We help you create a formal DMP document tailored to field data.
We cover:
We cover:
- Defining project objectives and the specific data layers needed for your Digital Twin (e.g., Do you need LiDAR or will drone photogrammetry suffice?).
- Establishing standardized collection protocols for field teams.
- Outlining data formats, quality standards, and metadata requirements.
Service 1.2 – Technology & Tooling Consultation:
What is it: Expert advice on selecting the right hardware and software for your budget and goals.
We cover:
We cover:
- Recommending appropriate field equipment.
- Designing your DATACT software configuration and a custom PostGIS database schema to serve as the backbone of your Digital Twin.
- Guidance on field-to-office data transfer workflows.
Service 1.3 – Governance & Preservation Blueprint:
What is it: We draft your high-level governance policies.
We cover:
We cover:
- Data Governance Framework: Defining data ownership and usage rules.
- Data Preservation Plan (DPP): Creating the formal plan for secure, long-term archival of your Digital Twin and its source data.
PHASE 2
Strategic Project & Data Planning(Advisory & Workshops)
This phase focuses on acquiring high-quality field data from multiple sources and consolidating it into a single source of truth—the raw material for your Digital Twin.
Service 2.1 – Data Acquisition Strategy & Coordination:
What is it: We act as your data acquisition coordinator, ensuring all data meets the standards defined in your Data Management Plan.
We offer flexible support models:
We offer flexible support models:
- Contractor Management: We assist in finding qualified contractors and defining technical requirements.
- Client Team Enablement: We provide your internal teams with the protocols and training to collect high-quality data.
- Hybrid Team Coordination: We manage complex projects with multiple data collection teams
Service 2.2 – Managed Data Ingestion:
What is it: The central hub for your project. We manage the process of uploading and organizing all field data—regardless of who collected it—into your dedicated DATACT and PostGIS environments.
We handle: All data types, including photos, videos, point clouds, orthoimages, and sensor data, ensuring everything is correctly structured and linked to build a cohesive dataset.
We provide a custom QGIS plugin that facilitates the upload of polygons,lines, and points directly into the PostGIS database. This plugin allows users to include custom metadata with their data uploads, ensuring relevant information is captured. Once uploaded, these layers becomeimmediately visible within DATACT and can be toggled on or off by the user.
We handle: All data types, including photos, videos, point clouds, orthoimages, and sensor data, ensuring everything is correctly structured and linked to build a cohesive dataset.
We provide a custom QGIS plugin that facilitates the upload of polygons,lines, and points directly into the PostGIS database. This plugin allows users to include custom metadata with their data uploads, ensuring relevant information is captured. Once uploaded, these layers becomeimmediately visible within DATACT and can be toggled on or off by the user.
Service 2.3 – Data Quality Assurance & Validation:
What it is: A crucial verification step to ensure all incoming data is reliable and consistent.
We perform: Checks for corrupt files, validation of geospatial accuracy, and metadata completeness checks.
We perform: Checks for corrupt files, validation of geospatial accuracy, and metadata completeness checks.
PHASE 3
Digital Twin Construction,
Analysis & Visualization
This phase focuses on acquiring high-quality field data from multiple sources and consolidating it into a single source of truth—the raw material for your Digital Twin.
Service 3.1 – Geospatial Foundation Modeling:
What it is: We process raw sensor data to create the foundational visual and structural layers of your Digital Twin.
We create: High-resolution orthoimages, Digital Surface Models (DSMs), Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), contour lines, and dense 3D point clouds (LAS/LAZ).
We create: High-resolution orthoimages, Digital Surface Models (DSMs), Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), contour lines, and dense 3D point clouds (LAS/LAZ).
Service 3.2 – Managed Data Ingestion:
What is it: We enrich your Digital Twin by adding layers of derived environmental information.
We analyze:
We analyze:
- Vegetation health indices (e.g., NDVI).
- Automated species identification from camera trap images.
- Change detection analysis to monitor infrastructure or habitat over time.
Service 3.3 – Interactive Digital Twin Interface:
What it is: We create intuitive, web-based dashboards and maps that serve as the primary interface for exploring your Digital Twin. This allows your entire team to interact with project data without needing specialistGIS software.
We leverage: The power of your PostGIS database to serve interactive maps showing project boundaries, asset locations, photos, 3D models, and analysis results in a single, unified view.
We leverage: The power of your PostGIS database to serve interactive maps showing project boundaries, asset locations, photos, 3D models, and analysis results in a single, unified view.
PHASE 4
Digital Twin Archival
& Compliance
This phase focuses on acquiring high-quality field data from multiple sources and consolidating it into a single source of truth—the raw material for your Digital Twin.
Service 4.1 – Archival Packaging & Implementation:
What is it: We execute the strategy defined in your Data Preservation Plan.
We manage: Packaging all project data—including the raw source files and the final state of your Digital Twin at key milestones—into logical, immutable archival units and securely uploading them to AWS S3 GlacierDeep Archive or Google Cloud Storage Archive.
We manage: Packaging all project data—including the raw source files and the final state of your Digital Twin at key milestones—into logical, immutable archival units and securely uploading them to AWS S3 GlacierDeep Archive or Google Cloud Storage Archive.
Service 4.2 – Recovery Drills & Audits:
What it is: An ongoing service to ensure your data remains viable.
We conduct: The biennial recovery drills mandated by the DPP, providing you with a formal audit report to demonstrate compliance and data integrity to stakeholders or regulators.
We conduct: The biennial recovery drills mandated by the DPP, providing you with a formal audit report to demonstrate compliance and data integrity to stakeholders or regulators.
Flexible Delivery Models
We understand that every client has different needs and capabilities. We offer our services in three flexible models:
Full-Service Partnership
We act as your dedicated data team, managing the entire lifecycle from planning (Phase 1) to preservation (Phase 4). This is a complete, hands-off solution.
Advisory & Training Services
We focus on planning and empowerment(Phase 1). We create your strategic documents and train your team to use DATACT and manage their own data workflows effectively.
On-Demand Specialist Support
You manage your day-to-day operations and engage us for specific, complex tasks as needed (e.g., a one-off geospatial processing job from Phase 3 or an archival implementation from Phase 4).