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Steve Marvanek

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Spatial Data Analyst

CSIRO Land and Water
Spatial Technologies Unit
Private Mail Bag 2
GLEN OSMOND SA 5064
Ph: +61-8-8303 8440
Fax: +61-8-8303 8520
Email: Steve Marvanek

Steve Marvanek is a Spatial Data Analyst working within the Spatial Analysis research group, which is part of the Environmental Observation and Landscape Science.

Current Activities

  • Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yield  project. Creating and developing core data layers for River Modelling and Water Assessment Teams as well as providing mapping assistance to the Reporting Team.
  • Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease. Undertaking spatial analyses of devil monitoring and wildlife spotlight data to map the distribution and rate of spread of DFTD.
  • National Atlas of Acid Sulfate Soils. Developing a standardised spatial layer mapping ASS across Australia and assisting in assessing the impact of drought on Acid Sulfate Soils.
  • Providing GIS and mapping services to CLW and co-location partners as required.

Research Interests/Capabilities

  • All aspects of spatial data generation, manipulation and analysis with a particular interest in raster modeling.
  • Collation, integration and analysis of data from various sources and in various formats, including non-spatial data.
  • “Spatialising” tabular data for manipulation in Geographic Information Systems
  • Production of map images for presentations and reports

Recent Professional Experience

  • Spatial Data Analyst, CSIRO Land and Water (2005 - present)
  • Principal Spatial Data Analyst for the Spatial Technologies Unit (1999 - -2004)
  • GIS Research Officer in the CRCSLM Land Assessment and Policy Unit (1996 – 1999)

Academic Qualifications

  • 1993 BSc (Hons) Environmental Biology – Flinders University, South Australia
  • 1995 Grad Dip Nat Res – University of Adelaide, South Australia

Professional Society Memberships

  • Member of Southern Precision Agriculture Association

Publications

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